Einar Sands

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Einar Sanden (until 1959 Fred Einar Ein , born September 8, 1932 in Tallinn , † April 18, 2007 in Cardiff ) was an Estonian writer and publisher.

Life

Einar Sanden went to school in Tallinn and left Estonia for Germany in 1944, where he briefly attended high school in Eckernförde after the war and moved to Wales in 1948 . After finishing school in Cardiff , he studied at the University of Economics and language and literature. In 1983 he completed his studies with an MA , in 1984 he received his doctorate as Dr. phil.

Sanden earned his living as a seaman and was extremely active in Estonian exile circles. From 1951 to 1968 he was the representative of the Union of Estonian Seafarers in England, 1975-1999 head of the Boreas publishing house . Since 1973 he lived alternately in Spain and Wales , and there after the restoration of Estonia's independence.

Sanden had been a member of the Estonian Writers 'Association in Exile since 1970 and of the Estonian Writers' Association since 1995 .

Literary work

Sanden made his debut with short stories in exile magazines and self-published his first volume of poetry in 1954. The critics qualified this volume as "immature", and his later poems were judged cautiously and found to be "simple and bumpy". Sanden was much more successful in the field of "political fiction", especially since this genre did not exist in Estonia during the Soviet era. With his various novels in the field of tension between East and West, which skillfully mix fact and fiction, he created his own genre. For example, he wrote two novels about the Estonian communist Karl Säre and his eventful fate ( We leave Tallinn at sunset , 1979, and Hearts and Stones , 1982). Estonian literary studies conclude succinctly: "As a representative of the political intelligence stream, Einar Sanden is a special figure in Estonian literature."

In old age he planned a six-volume memoir novel, of which four volumes could appear between 2001 and 2005. As the subtitle “Morning Hours” suggests, the focus is on the author's youth, because at the end of Volume 4 he is just 16 years old.

bibliography

  • Tuul üle Andaluusia ('Wind over Andalusia'). Stockholm: E. A 1954. 60 pp.
  • September . Toronto: Orto 1959. 62 pp.
  • Ungari sügis ('Hungarian Autumn'). Toronto: ORTO 1959. 295 pp.
  • Viimne veerand veine. I ja II ('The last quarter of wine'). Toronto: ORTO 1962. 285, 282 pp.
  • KGB kutsub Evet . Stockholm: Free Europe Press 1968. 245 pp.
    • English translation: KGB calling Eve. A documentary novel . Cardiff: Boreas Publishing House 1978. 224 pp.
    • Swedish translation: Eva - agent för KGB . Översättning: Carl G. Holm. Enskede: Molnar & Holm / Stockholm: Contra 1979. 192 pp.
  • Mitme Nao ja nimega ('With many faces and names'). Cardiff: Boreas 1978. 224 pp.
  • Loojangul lahkume Tallinnast ('We leave Tallinn at sunset'). Cardiff: Boreas 1979. 240 pp.
  • Süda ja kivid ('heart and stones'). Cardiff: Boreas 1982. 256 pp.
  • An Estonian Saga . Cardiff: Boreas 1996, 400 pp.
  • Hommikutunnid ('morning hours'). Tallinn: Boreas 2001. 280 pp.
  • Well masked. Hommikutunnid II ('Faces and Masks. Morning Hours II '). Tallinn: Varrak 2003. 296 pp.
  • September lapsed. Hommikutunnid III ('Children of September. Morning Hours III '). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2004. 310 pp.
  • Kolme ilmakaare poole. Hommikutunid IV ('Inn three winds. Morning hours IV'). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2005. 298 pp.

Literature on the author

  • Paul Laan: September, in: Mana 4/1959, pp. 293-294.
  • Olev Remsu : Luuraja ja luuratav, in: Vikerkaar 3/1993, pp. 90-92.
  • Viktor Niitsoo: Elu kui Eesti saga, in: Akadeemia 3/1997, pp. 626-629.
  • Toomas Hiio: Tallinnast Flensburgi. Vahva Fred Teises maailmasõjas, in: Vikerkaar 6/2003, pp. 119–124.
  • Hellar Grabbi : Mäletades Einar Sandenit, in: Looming 7/2007, pp. 1043-1052.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, pp. 510-511.
  2. ^ Paul Laan: September, in: Mana 4/1959, p. 293.
  3. ↑ Eesti kirjandus paguluses. XX sajandil. Toimetanud Piret Kruuspere. Tallinn: Eesti TA Underi ja Tuglase Kirjanduskeskus 2008, p. 465.
  4. ↑ Olev Remsu: Luuraja ja luuratav, in: Vikerkaar 3/1993, p. 92.
  5. ↑ Janika Kronberg in: Eesti kirjandus paguluses. XX sajandil. Toimetanud Piret Kruuspere. Tallinn: Eesti TA Underi ja Tuglase Kirjanduskeskus 2008, p. 199.
  6. ↑ Hellar Grabbi: Mäletades Einar Sandenit, in: 7/2007, pp. 1051-1052.
personal data
SURNAME Sanden, Einar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES One, Fred Einar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 2007
Place of death Cardiff