Dagmar Normet

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Dagmar Normet (until 1940 Dagmar Rubinstein , 1940 to 1945 estonized to: Dagmar Randa ; born February 13, 1921 in Tallinn ; † October 16, 2008 ibid) was an Estonian writer and translator .

life and work

Dagmar Normet attended the German grammar school and the English private college in Tallinn. As a Jew , she fled the German occupation of Estonia to the Soviet Union in 1941 . In 1942/43 she studied Russian at the Pedagogical Institute of Ulyanovsk , then sports at the Central Institute for Physical Culture in Moscow . She graduated from Tartu State University in 1945 as a physical education teacher . She initially worked as a teacher, but made her debut as a writer in 1948. In 1956 she settled in Tallinn as a freelance writer.

During her literary career, Dagmar Normet wrote numerous children's books, fairy tales, radio plays, librettos for operettas and the script for the film Vallatud kurvid (together with Sandor Stern). She was one of the most respected writers in the Estonian SSR . She also translated from Russian and German . Above all, she popularized the work of Mira Lobes and Christine Nöstlingers in Estonia.

Dagmar Normet was married to the Estonian composer Leo Normet (1922-1995) from 1945 to 1960 . Her son is the theater director Ingo Normet (* 1946), her daughter the journalist Haldi Normet (* 1953). Dagmar Normet is buried in the Tallinn Forest Cemetery.

Works (selection)

  • Maalesõit (1948)
  • Me ehitame maja (1957)
  • Igaüks otsib armastust (Drama, 1968)
  • Vöödiline hobune (drama, 1968)
  • Lo Tui (1973)
  • Delfiinia (horror story, 1975)
  • Suur saladus (radio play, 1977)
  • Une-Mati, Päris-Mati ja Tups (contemporary fairy tale, 1979)
  • Kümme ust (1985)
  • Une-Mati rannakülas (1986)
  • Naeratuste vikerkaar (1992)
  • Lõvi ja lohe (children's novel, 1993)
  • Avanevad uksed (memoir, 2001)
  • ... ainult võti taskus (Memoirs, 2004)

literature

  • Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 327

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Normet, Dagmar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rubinstein, Dagmar; Randa, Dagmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 2008
Place of death Tallinn