Erni Hiir

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Erni Hiir (born March 16 . Jul / 29. March  1900 greg. In Karjatnurme , community helmets ; † 27. October 1989 Tallinn , actually Ernst Hiir ) was an Estonian poet and translator .

Life

Erni Hiir attended secondary school in Tartu from 1911 to 1918 and August Nieländer's music school from 1920–1921. Then he was a guest student at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Tartu in the academic year 1921/1922 . However, he was increasingly active in literature and in 1927 became a member of the Estonian Writers' Union .

After the communist seizure of power in Estonia, he took an active part in transforming society. From July 1940 he was an editor at the Postimees newspaper . When the German-Soviet War broke out in 1941, he went to the Soviet Union and lived in Leningrad and Chelyabinsk , where the largest Estonian communities in exile were located in the Soviet hinterland. After the end of the Second World War he worked briefly as a journalist again and was then from 1945 to 1960 secretary of the Tartu branch of the Estonian Writers' Union. Since 1962 he lived in Tallinn.

Erni Hiir was the father-in-law of the Estonian politician Riivo Sinijärv and consequently the grandfather of the Estonian writer Karl Martin Sinijärv .

Literary work

Erni Hiir made his debut together with Albert Kivikas in March and April 1919 with placarded so-called “orders of the day”, which echoes of futurism showed. In the same year, the two authors published their joint debut, Ohverdet konn ('The Sacrificial Frog'), and in 1919 Hiir published two volumes of Collected Works , each consisting of a single poem. Hiir probably got to know futurism through Russian.

In 1925 Hiir went public with Juhan Sütiste (Johannes Schütz) and Mihkel Jürna with the two almanacs Sang ('Griff') and Boomerang . In them, however, only a general attitude of protest against the literary establishment was perceptible; in terms of content, they did not succeed in "leaving the rather vague level of opposition and arriving at any clearly defined program". Hiir then published numerous other volumes of poetry, which initially showed futuristic features, but became more conventional as the author got older. In addition to love poetry, there is also social criticism and standing up for the weaker in society. But soon there was also a noticeable closeness to the respective rulers, and in the Soviet era he propagated the Soviet lifestyle. In the end, the once "sensational futurist [...] had become a boring conformist."

bibliography

  • (together with Albert Kivikas) Ohverdet konn ('The sacrificed frog'). Tartu: Odamees 1919.
  • Täielik teoste kogu ('Complete Collected Works'). Tartu: sn 1919.
  • Arlekinaad ('Harlequinade'). Tartu: sn 1924.
  • Huhu. Merituulen ('Huhu. In the sea breeze'). Tartu: H. Laakmann 1924.
  • (together with Juhan Sütiste and Mihkel Jürna) Boomerang ('Boomerang'). Tartu: sn 1925.
  • (together with Juhan Sütiste and Mihkel Jürna) Sang ('Griff'). Tartu: sn 1925.
  • Lemmiklaulud ('Favorite Songs '). Tartu: Noor-Eesti 1926.
  • Meeri Maria Mari. Armastuslaulud ('Meeri Maria Mari. Love songs'). Tartu: J. Mällo 1926.
  • Puhtewird ('Stream of Dawn'). Tartu: sn 1927.
  • Kodutee ('way home'). Tartu: Eesti Kirjanikkude Liit 1931.
  • Pöörang ('turn'). Tartu: Loodus 1933.
  • Sinimäed ('The Blue Mountains'). Tartu: Loodus 1935.
  • Päikeselised päevad ('Sunny days'). Tartu: Loodus 1937.
  • Raudvärsid ('Iron Verse'). Tartu: Eesti Kirjanikkude Liit 1937.
  • Palgest palgesse ('Face to Face'). Tartu: Noor-Eesti 1938.
  • Homsele vastu (' Towards tomorrow'). Tartu: Noor-Eesti 1939.
  • Võidule. Luuletusi Isamaasõjast ('To Victory. Poems from the Patriotic War'). Leningrad: Ilukirjandus yes art 1944.
  • Elu nimel ('In the name of life'). Tallinn: Ilukirjandus yes art 1946.
  • Uutele võitudele ('To new victories'). Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus 1950.
  • Külva ning loo! Kogutud luuletused autori redaktsioonis ('Sow and create! Collected poems in the author's editorial office'). Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus 1958.
  • Heledamaks muutub päev ('The day is getting lighter '). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1967.
  • Kui tulevad käod ('When the cuckoos come') Tallinn: Loomingu Raamatukogu 1970.
  • Lühilood ajakajana ('Short story as an echo of time'). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1972.

In the 1970s, a few selected collections of his earlier poems were published, but no new poems.

Secondary literature

  • Ainu Januson: Erni Hiire noorusaastate luulest, in: Looming 3/1975, pp. 494-508.
  • Endel Mallene: Esimene loomingukümme. Erni Hiire 70th sünnipäeval, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 3/1970, 139–141.
  • Virve Krimm: Erni Hiir Suure Isamaasõja päevil. (Luuletaja 75. sünnipäeva puhul), in: Keel ja Kirjandus 3/1975, 163–165.
  • Rein Kruus: Erni Hiire kirjanikutee alguse taustast, in: Looming 3/1985, pp. 403-413.
  • Toomas Liiv: Erni Hiir ja töeestlus, in: Looming 9/2000, pp. 1383-1392.
  • Tiit Hennoste 2005: Elu ja ilo: Eesti kirjandusmanifestide kuldaeg, in: Looming 9, pp. 1353–1373.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter 2006, p. 528.
  2. ↑ Tiit Hennoste: Elu ja ilo: Eesti kirjandusmanifestide kuldaeg, in: Looming 9, p. 1359.
  3. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt: History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter 2006, p. 401 this work is erroneously attributed to Hiir and Henrik Visnapuu , Hiir and Kivikas are correct.
  4. ↑ Rein Kruus: Erni Hiire kirjanikutee alguse taustast, in: Looming 3/1985, p. 408.
  5. ↑ Eesti kirjanduse ajalugu. IV köide. 2. raamat. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1984, p. 148.
  6. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000. p. 114.
  7. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt: History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter 2006, p. 447.
personal data
SURNAME Hiir, Erni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hiir, Ernst (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian poet and translator
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Karjatnurme , municipality of Helme
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1989
Place of death Tallinn