Hendrik Adamson

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Hendrik Adamson (born September 24th July / October 6th  1891 greg. In Metskuru , municipality Kärstna , Viljandi district , † March 7th 1946 in Tuhalaane , also Henrik Adamson) was an Estonian poet and Esperantist .

Life

Adamson was the son of a tailor and went to school in Kärstna from 1901 to 1907. He then attended the teachers' college in Tartu for four years . From 1911 he worked as a teacher at various schools.

After 16 years in school he decided in 1927 for a life as a freelance writer. In 1928 he became a member of the Estonian Writers' Union . In the early 1940s, he was briefly in the school service again. But his health, a lung disease that had made itself felt more than twenty years earlier, quickly deteriorated, and he died in 1946.

Literary work

From 1913 onwards, Adamson published miniatures and later poems in the press. His first book was published in 1919 and contained poetry in his native Southwestern Estonian dialect. The nature-related verses immediately attracted attention, and the following volumes were also well received. In addition to poetry, Adamson also wrote short stories and short stories. In doing so, as in some of his poetry, he also used the standard language, "but the greatest value of poetry remains in the cultivation of the dialect."

Adamson published his first poems in Esperanto in 1932 in the Budapest magazine Literatura Mondo . Adamson wrote a total of 150 poems in Esperanto. In 1934 his first books appeared in Esperanto, in 1967 a volume with 80 poems was published posthumously ( Vesperkanto ['Evening Song']).

A single, avant-garde poem by Hendrik Adamson has been translated into German and appeared in an anthology, Der Mensch , translated by the Estonian exile poet Ilmar Laaban .

bibliography

  • Mulgimaa (historical and poetic name for the landscape around Viljandi). Odamees, Tartu 1919.
  • Inimen ("Man"). Noor-Eesti, Tartu 1925.
  • Kuldblond neitsi ("The golden-blonde maiden", prose). Narva Kirjastusühisus, Narva 1925.
  • Roheline sisalik ("The Green Lizard", prose). Noor-Eesti, Tartu 1925.
  • Hulkuw laip ("The Stray Corpse"). Sakala, Viljandi 1927.
  • Kuldsel elukoidikul ("On the golden morning of life", memories). H. Adamson, Viljandi 1928.
  • Tõus ja mõõn ("ebb and flow"). Eesti Kirjanikkude Liit, Tartu 1931.
  • Kolletuspäev ("yellowing day"). Eesti Kirjanikkude Liit, Tartu 1934.
  • Mälestuste maja ("House of Memories"). Eesti Kirjanikkude Liit, Tartu 1936.
  • Linnulaul ("Vogelsang"). Eesti Kirjanikkude Liit, Tartu 1937.

Secondary literature

  • Erna Aavasaar: Hendrik Adamsoni luuletaja-teekond. In: Ammukaar. Volume II, 1943, pp. 10-18.
  • Hando Runnel : Greatest vahvast vundsist ehk Lugusid Adamsonist. In: Looming . 9/1991, pp. 1262-1270.
  • Hando Runnel: Kuidas Poe 'Edgar Adamsoni Hendriku vangi võttis. In: Keel ja Kirjandus . 10/1991, pp. 577-585.
  • Jaan Ojalo: Hendrik Adamson esperantokirjanikuna. In: Keel ja Kirjandus. 10/1991, pp. 586-587.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eesti kirjanduse ajalugu. IV köide. 1. raamat. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 1981, pp. 271-281.
  2. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 2000, p. 19.
  3. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt: History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 2006, p. 507.
  4. ↑ Jaan Ojalo: Hendrik Adamson esperantokirjanikuna. In: Keel ja Kirjandus. 10/1991, p. 586.
  5. ↑ Manfred Peter Hein (ed.): A spot on the map of Europe. Poems of the Eastern European avant-garde. Ammann Verlag, Zurich 1991, pp. 82–85.
personal data
SURNAME Adamson, Hendrik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adamson, Henrik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian poet and Esperantist
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Metskuru , community Kärstna , Viljandi County
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1946
Place of death Tuhalaane