Eesti Kirjameeste Strange
The Estonian Literary Association (also Estonian Literary Society , Estonian Eesti Kirjameeste Selts - EKmS ) was an influential association of Estonian intellectuals based in Tartu (German Dorpat ) from 1871 to 1893 .
history
The Estonian Literary Association's statutes were adopted in 1871. In March 1872 the first meeting took place in Viljandi ( Fellin ). The most important Estonian writers, writers, artists and journalists of the time belonged to the association. Leading personalities included Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald , Hans Wühner , Jakob Hurt , Carl Robert Jakobson , Hugo Treffner and Johann Köler .
The aim of the association was to promote the Estonian language and literature , to enrich Estonian social life and to make Estonians more aware of their history and culture.
During its existence, the association published 18 yearbooks (1873–1890) and around 100 publications. From 1887 he also organized literary competitions. Estonian folk poetry was collected systematically for the first time under Jakob Hurt . Members of the association sifted through old documents, coins and folklore artefacts. The association built up an extensive library and organized numerous lectures.
In the early 1880s there were political disputes within the association between Jakob Hurt and Carl Robert Jakobson about the further course. In 1881, Hurt and his followers left the Estonian Literary Association. Jakobson died surprisingly a year later. With the beginning of the Russification of Estonia , the association split further. One parliamentary group took a moderate stance towards the tsarist demands, another was Estonian-national and largely rejected concessions.
In the context of the Russification of Estonia, the association's activities were terminated on April 28, 1893 by the tsarist authorities in 1893 after a complaint by the Estonian journalist Jakob Kõrv , who was expelled from the Estonian Literary Association in 1892.
President of the EKmS
- Jakob Hurt (1872-1881)
- Carl Robert Jakobson (1881/1882)
- Mihkel Veske (1882-1886)
- Hugo Treffner (1887–1890)
- Karl August Hermann (1890/1891)
- Johann Köler (1891-1893)
literature
- Friedebert Tuglas : Eesti Kirjameeste Selts. Tegevusolud, tegelased, tegevus. Tartu 1932
Web links
- About the Estonian Association of Letters (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. Berlin, New York: De Gruyter 2006, pp. 280–283.
- ↑ http://www.miksike.ee/documents/main/referaadid/eesti_kirjameeste_selts.htm