Elo Viiding
Elo Viiding (born March 20, 1974 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian poet .
Life
Elo Viiding was born as the daughter of the poet and actor Juhan Viiding and the music teacher Riina Viiding. Elo Viiding's paternal grandfather was the writer Paul Viiding , and the maternal actor and politician Kaljo Kiisk .
After attending the special music school from 1981 to 1989, Elo Viiding studied violin at the renowned Georg Ots music school in Tallinn until 1992 . This was followed by an acting course (1994 to 1999) at the Estonian Humanitarian Institute .
In addition to her writing activities, Elo Viiding works as a translator for English and Finnish and as an advertising copywriter. She also teaches at the universities in Turku and Tallinn.
Writer
Viiding wrote her first volume of poetry Telg ("The Axis") in 1990 when she was 16 years old under the pseudonym Elo Vee . She quickly developed her own avant-garde style, which is often declamatory. She divided one of her volumes into "good", "mediocre" and "bad poems", but left the first section empty. Further anthologies of poetry and prose followed. In 1992 Elo Viiding joined the Estonian Writers' Union .
Works
- Telg (collection of poems, 1990)
- Laeka lähedus (collection of poems, 1993)
- Võlavalgel (collection of poems, 1995)
- Ingelheim (prose, 1995)
- V (collection of poems, 1998)
- Esimene tahe (collection of poems, 2002)
- Teatud erandid (collection of poems, 2003)
- Selge jälg (collection of poems, 2005)
- Püha Maama (prose, 2008)
- Meie paremas maailmas (collection of poems, 2009)
- Kestmine (collection of poems, 2011)
- Teised (prose, 2012)
- Nõelad (collection of poems, 2013)
- Teadvuselooja (collection of poems, 2016)
- Ainult armastusest (collection of poems, 2019)
Private life
Elo Viiding is married to the Estonian literary scholar and critic Jaanus Adamson (* 1966).
literature
- Cornelius Hasselblatt; History of Estonian literature; Berlin, New York 2006, ISBN 3-11-018025-1 , p. 724
Web links
- Literature by and about Elo Viiding in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Elo Viiding (Estonian Literary Magazine)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Viiding, Elo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vee, Elo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn |