Holger Kaints

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Holger Kaints (born January 4, 1957 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian writer and critic .

Life

After finishing school, Holger Kaints worked in the book trade for a while and currently lives as a freelance writer in Tallinn. He has been a member of the Estonian Writers' Union since 2009 .

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Kaints debuted in 2003 with a dystopia set in 2012 when the Soviet Union still exists. However, the criticism was hard on the work, and in the opinion of one critic, the author simply "failed". Nevertheless, the author continued to write and had his first success with his second book, which appeared in 2009. In the aircraft observer, on the one hand, a psychological analysis of the Soviet nostalgia is carried out, which is certain to be found in some Estonian residents, on the other hand, the "blessings" of the political change are also caricatured, with the main character suspecting a NATO secret prison on the outskirts of Tallinn. The book won the 2009 Snake Fountain Pen Award ( Siugjas sulepea ).

After that, Kaints submitted other novels and was also active as a critic.

bibliography

  • Teekond mäetipu poole ('Journey to the Mountain Top '). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2003. 208 pp., Rez Lng 3/2004, 464-465
  • Lennukivaatleja ('The Airplane Observer '). Tallinn: SA Kultuurileht 2009. 143 p. ( Loomingu Raamatukogu 13-15 / 2009)
  • Mardika umb ehk Minu väike hullumaja ('The beetle cul-de-sac or my little madhouse'). Tallinn: Varrak 2010. 247 pp.
  • Kõrvalepõige ('detour'). Tallinn: Varrak 2012. 365 pp.
  • Päev, mil Stalin suri. Lühiproosat aastatest 2002-2014 ('The day on which Stalin died. Short prose from the years 2002-2014'). Tallinn: EKSA 2015. 143 pp.

Secondary literature

  • Peeter Helme : Psühholoogiline reis nõukogude nostalgia (ala) teadvusse, in: Looming 4/2010, pp. 591–593.
  • Arno Oja: Kommunismi mäetipult Mardika umba, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 2/2011, pp. 133-135.
  • Berk Vaher: Kaintsi umb, in: Looming 4/2011, pp. 577-580.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jüri Kallas: Vaevaline teekond, in: Looming 3/2004, 464-465
  2. ↑ Arno Oja: Kommunismi mäetipult Mardika umba in: Keel yes Kirjandus 2/2011, S. 133rd
  3. ↑ Peeter Helme: Psühholoogiline reis nõukogude nostalgia (ala) teadvusse, in: Looming 4/2010, pp. 591-593.
personal data
SURNAME Kaints, Holger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn