Ilona Laaman
Ilona Laaman (born February 10, 1934 in Tallinn , † June 26, 2017 in Uppsala ) was an Estonian poet .
life and work
Anna Ilona Laaman was born as the daughter of the Estonian journalist and politician Eduard Laaman (1888–1941). After the Soviet occupation of Estonia, her father was arrested by the occupation authorities in February 1941 and executed a few months later in Kirov . The family only found out about his fate in the course of the de-Stalinization .
Ilona Laaman fled in 1944 with her mother, the romance writer Tatjana Poska-Laaman (1900–1988), and her sister Silvia from Estonia to Sweden . After graduating from high school in 1953, she studied at Uppsala University in 1954/55 . For seven years she worked as a nurse in a home for the mentally handicapped. In 1983 she graduated in French, Russian and Estonian Philology.
Ilona Laaman was best known as a poet. The themes of her often ironic poems include protest against prevailing norms and social engagement. Their skepticism towards religion is often felt.
She was a member of the Estonian Association of Writers in Exile . Her works have been published by publishers in exile, abroad, in Canada ( Toronto ), the USA and in Sweden. Laaman himself belonged to the first generation of the most exiles who received their schooling largely outside of Estonia.
In addition to her poems, Laaman also wrote short prose and translated fiction from Estonian into Swedish , including works by Valev Uibopuu .
In 1997 she published her autobiography in a slightly alienated literary form under the title Vesi ahjus .
Volumes of poetry
- Mis need sipelgad ka era egg ole (1970)
- Süda vaatab kiikriga (1974)
- Üks üsna kerge haigus (1980)
- Nii on see inimeseks olemine (1984)
- Mõttekriips (1994)
- Mulle ei meeldinud su nimi (1999)
- Maakulgur on maandunud (2003)
literature
- Eesti elulood. Tallinn: Eesti entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 216
Web links
- Works by Ilona Laaman in the holdings of the Estonian National Library
- Review of Mulle ei meeldinud su nimi (Estonian Literature Magazine; English)
- Short CV and list of works (Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary (Swedish), accessed July 28, 2017
- ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. Berlin, New York 2006, ISBN 3-11-018025-1 , p. 580
- ^ Estonian Literary Magazine Book reviews .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laaman, Ilona |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn , Estonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 2017 |
| Place of death | Uppsala , Sweden |