Berit Kashan

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Berit Kaschan (born December 26, 1985 in Tartu ) is an Estonian poet and literary scholar .

Life

Kaschan completed her literature studies at Tallinn University in 2013 with a master's thesis on the Latvian author Nora Ikstena and the Estonian children's author Aino Pervik . She worked u. a. at the Tammsaare Museum in Tallinn and at the Tallinn University Publishing House. Since 2017 she has been the responsible editor of the Estonian Literary Magazine, published twice a year by the Eesti Instituut .

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Kaschan's poems have been published since 2008 in the magazine Värske Rõhk ('Fresh Print'), which is dedicated to young literature . However, her book debut did not come until 2016 with a narrow volume of poetry, which was highly praised by critics and compared to Betti Alver . It was emphasized several times that the comparatively long time span between the first published poems and the first book had benefited the quality of her poetry by attesting to her debut a “mature stylistic handwriting”. Her second volume of poetry, the title of which refers to the making of the stars, as her poet colleague Andrus Kasemaa explains in his review, was also well received. “God is on paternity leave, the cherubs have disappeared into the depths of the open plan offices. The morning shift is over. [...] Kaschan takes on the role of the little creator and creates her own world of words, it is cheerful and rhythmic and fits in wonderfully with what the Great Creator has created. "

In her literary work, she is one of the few in Estonia who deals with the literature of the southern neighbor; she also examined foreign influences in contemporary Estonian literature.

Awards

  • 2009 “First Step” award at the Tartu literature festival Prima Vista
  • 2017 Tallinn University Literature Prize

bibliography

  • Ma naeran magades ('I laugh in my sleep'). Tallinn: Verb 2016. 40 pp.
  • Hommikune vahetus ('early shift'). s. l .: Kaschan AM 2019. 56 p.

Secondary literature

  • Eda Ahi : Humanitaarabi ühele ärevale ajale, in: Looming 3/2017, pp. 443–444.
  • Andrus Kasemaa : Jalutuskäik täthtede taga, in: Looming 3/2020, pp. 460–462.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eda Ahi: Humanitaarabi ühele ärevale ajale, in: Looming 3/2017, p. 443.
  2. ↑ Maarja Pärtna : Luuleaasta 2016, in: Looming 3/2017, p. 402.
  3. ↑ Andrus Kasemaa: Jalutuskäik täthtede taga, in: Looming 3/2020, p. 461.
  4. ↑ Ibid., P. 462.
  5. ↑ For example about the "Great Goddess" in Estonian and Latvian literature: Kutset tantsule on kuuldud. Maaema ja Zemes māte ehk Suure Jumalanna ilmumisi eesti ja läti kirjanduses , in: Looming 9/2018, pp. 1282–1291.
  6. ↑ For example, Sylvia Plathi looming Eia Uusi esikromaani "Kuu Külm kuma" mõjutajana = The influences of Sylvia Plath on Eia Uus' debut novel "The cold glow of the moon" in Tallinna Ülikooli Üliõpilaste 2008/2009. õppeaasta parimad teadustööd: artiklite kogumik. Tallinn 2010, pp. 71-75.
personal data
SURNAME Kashan, Berit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian poet and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Tartu