Enn Vetemaa

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Enn Vetemaa (born June 20, 1936 in Tallinn ; † March 28, 2017 there ) was an Estonian writer and composer .

Life

Enn Vetemaa was born the son of an architect. He graduated from the Tallinn Polytechnic Institute ( Estonian Tallinna Polütehniline Instituut ) as a chemical engineer in 1959 . But he soon gave up work in chemical engineering and turned to music and writing.

Until 1965 Vetemaa studied composition at the Tallinn State Conservatory (Tallinna Riiklik Conservatory) . From 1965 to 1969 Vetemaa was editor-in-chief of Estonian television for literary and art programs. From 1969 to 1976 Vetemaa worked for the Estonian SSR Writers' Union as head editor for poetry . From 1987 to 1989 he was Vice President and from 1989 to 1994 President of the Estonian publishing house Kupar .

Vetemaa began writing early on. Since 1958 he has published poems, plays and prose , and has also written scripts and essays . Some of his works displeased the Soviet censors and could only appear late. Nevertheless, Vetemaa belonged to the CPSU from 1966 to 1990 .

Vetemaa wrote with great intellectual claim. His lyrics are often humorous. In Germany, Vetemaa was best known for The Mermaids of Estonia , a “sparkling novel in the guise of a determination book ” for mermaids , published in 1985 by Volk und Welt and in 2002 as a new edition by Eichborn Verlag , which Kat Menschik illustrated. In 2011 Vetemaa's novel about Gustav Naan was published ( Akadeemik Gustav Naani hiilgus ja viletsus , German: gloss and misery of the academic Gustav Naan ).

In 1966 the opera Luigelend by Veljo Tormis was premiered, for which Vetemaa wrote the libretto . Since the 1990s, Vetemaa has increasingly appeared as a composer of classical music . His Concertino for bassoon and string orchestra (1994) and the saxophone quartet No. 2 (1996) are well known.

Honors

Enn Vetemaa has received numerous Estonian literary awards: in 1973, 1975 and 1976 he was awarded the Juhan Smuul Prize . In 1977 he received the title of Honored Writer of the Estonian SSR.

Literary works (selection)

  • Monument (story, 1965; German "The Monument", 1981)
  • Pillimees (story, 1967; Eng . "Fatigue", 1981)
  • Väike reekviem suupillile (story 1968; "Small Requiem for a Harmonica", 1981)
  • Illuminatsioonid käruvälgule ja üheksale Naitlejale (pauguga lõpus) (TV play, 1969)
  • Munad hiina moodi , (1969; German "Chinese eggs", 1981)
  • Õhtusöök viiele (Drama, 1972)
  • Püha Susanna ehk Meistrite kool (drama, 1974; opera 1986)
  • Jälle häda mõistuse pärast (drama, 1976)
  • Roosiaed (Drama, 1976)
  • Jälle Püha Susanna ehk Armastuse kool (Drama, 1978)
  • Nukumäng (Drama, 1980).
  • Ikka veel Püha Susanna ehk Noorpaaride kool (Drama, 1981).
  • Eesti Näkiliste välimääraja (humorous identification book, 1983)
    • German edition: The mermaids of Estonia . Translated by Günter Jäniche (translation of the summary into Low German by Hans Draehmpaehl). Verlag Volk und Welt, Berlin 1985.
    • New edition with illustrations by Kat Menschik, Eichborn Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2002, Die Andere Bibliothek series , ISBN 3-8218-4515-5 .
  • Tulnuk ( short story, 1987).
  • Martsipani master. Minu väga magus elu (novel, 2002).

literature

  • Cornelius Hasselblatt: History of Estonian Literature . Berlin, New York 2006 ISBN 3-11-018025-1 , pp. 658f., 669f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marianne Ubaleht: Suri kirjanik yes tõlkija Enn Vetemaa. In: publik.delfi.ee. March 28, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017 (Estonian).
  2. ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 601
  3. ↑ a b Tilman Spreckelsen : The mermaid researcher. On the death of the author Enn Vetemaa . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of March 30, 2017, p. 11.
personal data
SURNAME Vetemaa, Enn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer, screenwriter and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn , Estonia
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 2017
Place of death Tallinn , Estonia