Helmi Mäelo

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Helmi Mäelo (also Helmi Rosalie until 1923 Helmi Pett , 1923-1924 Helmi Muhlberg , * April 1 . Jul / 13. April  1898 greg. In Uderna ; † 17th July 1978 in Stockholm ) was an Estonian journalist and writer .

Life

Mäelo graduated from high school in Tartu in 1919 and studied law at the University of Tartu from 1921 to 1924 . Since 1923 she was active in the abstinence movement and for many years chaired the Estonian abstinence association. In 1924 she became editor-in-chief of the newly founded magazine Eesti Naine ('The Estonian Woman'). She was in charge of this magazine until 1940. After the Sovietization of Estonia in 1940, they quickly came to the attention of authorities and escaped the June deportation only thanks to a warning from friends so that she could, at that time living in Tartu, the country escape. At the end of the German occupation of Estonia in World War II , she left the country and came to Sweden via Germany in the spring of 1945 . From 1946 she was an office worker in Stockholm, from 1960 to 1975 secretary of the Baltic Humanitarian Association.

Helmi Mäelo was his 1958 member of the Estonian Writers 'Association in Exile , as well as the Estonian PEN Club and the Swedish Writers' Association.

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Mäelo has published articles on abstinence and women's emancipation since 1919 , and her debut novel from 1928, Fatherless , also deals with the question of abstinence. In her subsequent novels, however, she turns to the "unjust treatment of women by the law".

Mäelo received special praise for her books for young people, with which she seemed to have "found her right genre", as her colleague Marta Sillaots remarked in a review. It was noticeable that she wrote books explicitly aimed at both boys and girls.

In exile, Mäelo concentrated on writing her memoirs, which she published in five volumes between 1959 and 1978. The novels written in parallel can also be viewed as pentalogy. Starting in 1867, they treat a total of four generations on an Estonian farm and thus also include the deportations of the 1940s. There are four women in a direct line of descent, most of whom struggle through life alone. In addition, the author describes many representatives of the lower class, so that the entire series of novels could also be characterized as a "history of passion".

bibliography

Novels

  • Isata ('fatherless'). Tartu: Sõnavara 1928. 194 pp.
  • Tänapäeva lapsed ('children of today'). Tartu: Tungal 1933. 160 pp.
  • Vallaslaps ('The illegitimate child'). Tartu: Postimees 1934. 229 pp.
  • Eevi Altma abielu ('The marriage of the Eevi Altma'). Tartu: Postimees 1935. 196 pp.
  • Üliõpilane Soomest ('The Student from Finland'). Tallinn: Tallinna Eesti Kirjastus-Ühisus 1940. 228 pp.
  • Grandma veri. Romaan ('Own Blood. Roman'). Lund: EKK 1965. 288 pp.
  • Võõras veri. Romaan ('Foreign Blood'). Lund: EKK 1966. 280 pp.
  • Keerdsõlmed. Romaan (' dilemma '). Lund: EKK 1968. 276 pp.
  • Teised tuuled. Romaan ('Other Winds'). Lund: EKK 1970. 270 pp.
  • Homne päev. Romaan ('Tomorrow's Day'). Lund: EKK 1972. 244 pp.

memories

  • Talututar. Mälestusi ('A farmer's daughter. Memories'). Lund: EKK 1959. 272 ​​pp.
  • Elutegevuses. Mälestusi ('In the life business. Memories'). Lund: EKK 1961. 318 pp.
  • Võõrsil. Mälestusi, vaatlusi, elamusi ('In a foreign land . Memories, reflections, experiences'). Lund: EKK 1974. 232 pp.
  • Sammud edasi. Mälestusi, vaatlusi, elamusi ('Steps forward. Memories, reflections, experiences'). Lund: EKK 1975. 256 pp.
  • Päevast päeva. Päevik 1. juulist 1975 kuni 30. juunini 1977 ('From day to day. Diary from July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1977'). Lund: EKK 1978. 228 pp.

Children's and young people's literature

  • Pärt on mu sõber ('Pärt is my friend'). Tartu: Noor-Eesti 1935. 108 pp.
  • Teras. Roman tütarlastele ('Steel. A novel for girls'). Tartu: Noor-Eesti 1936. 256 pp.
  • Salme astub ellu ('Salme enters ns Leben'). Tartu: Noor-Eesti 1937. 231 pp.
  • Soohüti Liine ('Liine from the swamp hut'). Tartu: Noor-Eesti 1938. 113 pp.
  • Sangar. Noorsoojutt ('The hero. Story for young people'). Vadstena: ORTO 1945. 140 pp.
  • Võidukarika märgi all ('Under the sign of the winner's cup'). New York: Eesti Koolitoimkond USA-s 1963. 91 pp.

Non-fiction

  • Tänapäeva Ameerika ('America Today'). Tartu: Eesti Kirjanduse Selts 1938. 114 pp.
  • Eesti naine läbi aegade ('The Estonian woman past and present'). Lund: EKK 1957. 224 pp.

Literature on the author

  • Bernard Kangro : Raamat elutegevuse Tartust, in: Tulimuld 1/1962, pp. 72-74.
  • Helmi Eller: Inimesi ja miljöid Helmi Mäelo romaanides, in: Tulimuld 3/1976, pp. 141–146.
  • Tiina Saluvere: Ühest iseäralikust kirjasõprusest. Saateks Helmi Mäelo ja Ülo Koidu kirjavahetusele, in: Tuna 4/2013, pp. 121–137.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, p. 353.
  2. ↑ Helmi Mäelo: Elutegevuses. Mälestusi. Lund: EKK 1961, p. 290.
  3. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, pp. 353-354.
  4. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter 2006, p. 491.
  5. ↑ In: Eesti Kirjandus 7/1936, p. 345.
  6. ↑ Reet crusts: Eesti Lastekirjandus. Tartu: Elmatar 1995, pp. 128-129.
  7. ↑ Eesti kirjandus paguluses. XX sajandil. Toimetanud Piret Kruuspere. [Tallinn:] Eesti TA Underi ja Tuglase Kirjanduskeskus 2008, p. 144.
  8. ↑ Helmi Eller: Inimesi ja miljöid Helmi Mäelo romaanides, in: Tulimuld 3/1976, p. 146.
personal data
SURNAME Mäelo, Helmi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pett, Helmi; Mühlberg, Helmi; Mäelo, Helmi-Rosalie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Uderna
DATE OF DEATH 17th July 1978
Place of death Stockholm