Hannes Oja

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Hannes Oja (born March 29, 1919 in Martna ; † December 17, 2012 in Toronto ) was an Estonian journalist and poet.

Life

Oja attended the Haapsalu grammar school until 1933 , after which he was active in the rural youth movement and later studied for a year at the higher agricultural school in Uuemõisa (1942–1943). When during the German occupation of Estonia in World War II in 1943 there was a threat of being drafted into the Wehrmacht , Oja fled to Finland and fought against the Soviet Union in the ranks of the Finnish army . In 1944 he went to Sweden , from where he moved to Canada in 1951 . He worked u. a. as an accountant, industrial worker and labor director.

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Oja's first attempts at poetry can be dated back to 1929, when he was still in elementary school. It was first printed in a student almanac in Estonia, but it was not until he was in exile in Canada that he published his first volume of poetry. It was followed by three more at longer intervals, although the criticism noted a considerable maturation in the second volume. Overall, his poetry has been characterized as "melancholy poetry of memories and nature".

Oja was far more active as a journalist and critic. From 1975 to 1986 he was editor of the exile Estonian newspaper Vaba Eestlane ('The Free Estonian') in Toronto, again from 1997 to 2001. In addition, he was active in the veterans movement and was part of the editorial team of Raimond Kolk , Arved Viirlaid and others Magazine devoted to the fate of the Estonian soldiers who fought in Finland. In 2002 he published a monograph on the subject.

bibliography

  • Koputused eneses ('knock in self'). Toronto: sn 1955. 62 pp.
  • Märgid mõtteliival ('mark on the sand of thought'). Stockholm: Kirjastus Vaba Eesti 1964, 75 pp.
  • Tunnete purdel ('On the path of feelings'). Stockholm: Kirjastus Vaba Eesti 1967, 76 pp.
  • Järvealune kirikukell ('The church bell under the lake'). Toronto: Maarjamaa 1988. 72 pp.

Literature on the author

  • Hellar Grabbi: Leidnud liivalt need märgid, in: Mana 4/1965, pp. 29-30.
  • Felix Oinas : Kuidas kirjanikud kirjutavad, in: Tulimuld 2/1985, pp. 95–97.
  • Raimond Kolk : Uus ja teistmoodi Hannes Oja, in: Tulimuld 1/1989, pp. 54–55.
  • Arno Oja: Hannes Oja 70, in: Looming 3/1989, pp. 418-419.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Felix Oinas: Kuidas kirjanikud kirjutavad, in: Tulimuld 2/1985, p. 95.
  2. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, p. 382.
  3. ↑ Felix Oinas: Kuidas kirjanikud kirjutavad, in: Tulimuld 2/1985, p. 95.
  4. ↑ Hellar Grabbi: Leidnud liivalt need märgid, in: Mana 4/1965, p. 29.
  5. ↑ Eesti kirjandus paguluses. XX sajandil. Toimetanud Piret Kruuspere. Tallinn: Eesti TA Underi ja Tuglase Kirjanduskeskus 2008, p. 464.
  6. ↑ Soomepoisid Canada: Poolsada aastat soomepoiste tegevust Sonas yes pildis. Toronto: Soomepoiste Klubi Torontos 2002. 200 pp.
personal data
SURNAME Oh yes, Hannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian journalist and poet
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Martna
DATE OF DEATH 17th December 2012
Place of death Toronto