Helga Nõu
Helga Nõu (until 1957 Helga Razier ; born September 22, 1934 in Tartu ) is an Estonian writer .
life and work
Helga Nõu fled to Sweden from the advancing Red Army in 1944 during World War II . She studied education there and then worked as a teacher in Stockholm and Uppsala . In 1957 she married the Estonian writer in exile Enn Nõu (* 1933).
Helga Nõu was active in the Estonian exile community in Sweden from her youth. From the 1950s onwards she wrote numerous works (prose and poetry) that dealt particularly ruthlessly with identity problems and ruptures in the lives of refugees. In addition, she dealt literarily with the generation conflict. Her works could only be published in her home country after the collapse of the Soviet occupation of Estonia in the late 1980s.
Helga Nõu also appears as a painter. She is also a translator from Swedish into Estonian (including Astrid Lindgren ).
Works (selection)
- Kass sööb rohtu ( novel , 1965)
- Ruuduline röövel (children's book 1965)
- Kord kolmapäeval (collection of short stories , 1967)
- Oi, oi, oi - mis juhtus? (Children's book 1967)
- Tiiger, tiiger (novel, 1969)
- Paha poiss (novel, 1973)
- Põgenejad (drama 1978–1979)
- Pea suu! (Youth novel, 1983)
- Uus Lugemik 1 (Reader 1983)
- Uus lugemik 2 (Reader 1990)
- Inimvaresed (novel, 1993)
- Hundi silmas (novel, 1999)
- Tõmba uttu! (Youth novel, 2001)
- Kuues sõrm (youth novel, 2003)
- Ood lastud rebasele (novel, 2006)
- Peaaegu geenius ehk Schrödingeri kassi otsimas (novel 2008)
- Appi! (Youth novel, 2008)
- Elustens üllatusi (poetry and painting, 2009)
- Jääauku (youth novel, 2010)
- Valetaja (memoir, 2011)
- Mahajätjad (novel, 2013)
- Kas sa Tammsaaret oled lugenud? (Rutt Hindrikus' LebenInterviews, 2014)
- Nartsiss, meesteõgija (novel 2016)
- Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 333
Web links
- Helga Nõu. Get lost! (Estonian Literary Magazine)
- Short biography and list of works (Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt: History of Estonian Literature. Berlin, New York 2006 ( ISBN 3-11-018025-1 ), p. 380f.
- ↑ http://www.gottsundakonstgille.se/galleries/he-no.htm
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nõu, Helga |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Raucas, Helga |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tartu |