Eia Uus

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Eia Uus (born February 15, 1985 in Haapsalu ) is an Estonian writer.

Life

Eia Uus spent four years at school in Thailand and then studied English philology and Estonian literature in Tallinn. She completed her studies in 2012 with a master's degree. In addition to working in an advertising agency, Uus also works as a translator from English.

Eia Uus has been a member of the Estonian Writers' Union since 2019 .

Literary work

Eia Uus made her debut with a classic coming-of-age or development novel , in which the experiences of a manic-depressive boarding school student in Thailand are described. To illustrate the state of mind of the main character, all chapters in The Cold Shine of the Moon begin with a quote from Sylvia Plath . In her next novel, the author describes the life of young intellectuals.

Uus also wrote travel books about France and Paris , where she lived for a year.

Awards

bibliography

  • Kuu külm kuma ('The cold shine of the moon'). Tallinn: Varrak 2005. 271 pp.
  • Kahe Näoga jumal ('The God with Two Faces'). [Tallinn]: Pegasus 2008. 187 pp.
  • Minu Prantsusmaa ('My France'). Tartu: Petrone Print 2013. 326 pp.
  • Aasta Pariisis ('A year in Paris'). Tallinn: Ajakirjade Kirjastus 2014. 263 pp.
  • Kahe Näoga jumal ('The two-faced God'). Tallinn: sn 2019. 134 pp.
  • Seitsme maa ja mere taha ('Behind seven countries and seas'). Tallinn: Postimees Kirjastus 2019. 28 pp.
  • Tüdrukune ('girl'). Tallinn: Postimees Kirjastus 2019. 271 pp.

Literature on the author

  • Kerti Tergem: Klaaspärlimäng klaaskupli all, in: Looming 1/2006, pp. 133–135.

Web links

  • [1] (Estonian), interview in Estonian World Review of November 17, 2006.
  • [2] (Estonian), interview in Eesti Päevaleht on June 6, 2008.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter 2006, p. 756.
  2. ↑ Autorikuvandi tekkemehhanismid yes -müüdi. Magistritöö, Tallinna Ülikool, Eesti Keele ja Kultuuri Instituut 2012. 95 pp.
  3. ↑ Kerti Tergem: Klaaspärlimäng klaaskupli all, in: Looming 1/2006, p. 133.
personal data
SURNAME Uus, Eia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Haapsalu