Georg Eduard Luiga

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Georg Eduard Luiga, caricature by Karl August Hindrey .

Georg Eduard Luiga (* February 15 . Jul / 27. February  1866 greg. In Valgjärve ; † 20th March 1936 in Tallinn ) was an Estonian writer and journalist.

Life

Georg Eduard Luiga went to school in Kanepi and was a teacher in the parish of Äksi from 1887 to 1890 . After a short period as a journalist for the Olevik newspaper , he was a teacher in Estonian settlements in Russia, first in Smorodino, Simbirsk Governorate (1891–1895), and later in Tobolsk Governorate (1895–1901). After his return to Estonia he worked for various newspapers and in 1908 took up the position of editor-in-chief at Päevaleht . He remained in this position until the end of 1934, and under his aegis it became Estonia's largest newspaper during the interwar period.

plant

Luiga started making up stories when he was ten or eleven because he didn't have enough reading material. He published his first poems in newspapers and magazines from 1881. In 1886 he published his first collection of stories that romanticized the prehistory of the Estonians ( The Maiden of the Grass ). This was followed by further volumes of short stories and two volumes of poetry, which were judged cautiously. But some of his poems have been set to music and have thus withstood the ravages of time.

His descriptions from Siberia met with a more positive response. August Kitzberg complained in his laudatory review of In the Land of Violence that most people with literary talent were unfortunately lost to the press. Luiga also wrote numerous popular science books and song collections.

Translations into German

There are five of his poems in German in Wilhelm Nerling's anthology.

bibliography

  • Muruneid ('The Maiden of the Grass'). Tartu: H. Laakmann 1886. 34 pp.
  • Pahane neiu ('The Bad Maid'). Tartu: KA Hermann 1887. 90 p.
  • Laulud ('songs'). Tartu: KA Hermann 1888. 117 pp.
  • Omad vitsad ('Your own rods'). Tallinn: J. Ploompuu 1900. 31 pp.
  • Uued laulud ('New Songs'). Tallinn: J. Ploompuu 1901. 136 pp.
  • Mere taga võõrsil ('In a foreign country, overseas'). Tallinn: Tallinna Eesti Kirjastus-ühisus 1911. 63 pp.
  • Vägivallamaal ('In the Land of Violence'). Tallinn: J. Ploompuu 1912. 242 pp.

Literature on the author

  • August Kitzberg : GE Luiga: Vägivalla maal, in: Eesti Kirjandus 3/1913, p. 129.
  • Anton Jürgenstein : GE Luiga 50-aastase sünnipäeva puhul, in: Eesti Kirjandus 2/1916, pp. 39–43.
  • Reino Sepp: "Tuul ulub ja vihma sajab ..." Ühe ballaadi lugu, in: Mana 56, 1987, pp. 68–73.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, pp. 306-307.
  2. ^ Anton Jürgenstein: GE Luiga 50-aastase sünnipäeva puhul, in: Eesti Kirjandus 2/1916, p. 43.
  3. ↑ Reino Sepp: "Tuul ulub ja vihma sajab ..." Ühe ballaadi lugu, in: Mana 56, 1987, pp. 68–73.
  4. ^ August Kitzberg: GE Luiga: Vägivalla maal, in: Eesti Kirjandus 3/1913, p. 129.
  5. ↑ “On the wing of the poetry”, “Liebchens Waffen”, “The enemy fate”, “Ruins” and “Cold Blood”, in: Estonian poems. Translated by W. Nerling. Dorpat: Laakmann 1925, pp. 72-75.
personal data
SURNAME Luiga, Georg Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Valgjärve
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1936
Place of death Tallinn