Indrek Hargla

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Indrek Hargla (2009)

Indrek Hargla (pseudonym for Indrek Sootak ; born July 12, 1970 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian writer.

life and work

The author was born as the son of the criminal law professor Jaan Sootak (* 1948) and the philologist and journalist Varje Sootak (* 1946). He graduated from Tartu University in 1993 with a law degree . He then entered the diplomatic service of the Republic of Estonia . He worked at the Estonian diplomatic missions in Copenhagen and Hungary, as well as at the headquarters of the Estonian Foreign Ministry in Tallinn . In 2012 he retired from the diplomatic service and has been a freelance writer ever since.

Indrek Hargla is one of the most famous and prolific horror and science fiction writers in contemporary Estonian literature . He has been an active author since 1989. He achieved his breakthrough with the novella Gondvana lapsed in 1999.

He has so far presented over 43 short stories, 11 short novels and 6 novels. He has also published three collections of short stories and the anthology Õudne Eesti (German: Grauhaftes Estonia ). His works have been translated into German , Hungarian , Russian , Finnish and French , among others . In 2000 Indrek Hargla was awarded the Stalker Literature Prize for the short novel Excelsuse konkistadoorid . He had been a member of the Estonian Writers' Association since 2012, but resigned from it in January 2015 in protest after the association had submitted a petition to the authorities calling for its member Andrei Ivanov to be granted Estonian citizenship .

Novels

  • Baiita needus (2001)
  • Palveränd uude maailma (2003)
  • Vabaduse kõrgeim määr (2003)
  • French ja Koulu (2005)
  • French ja Koulu Tarbatus (2007)
  • Frenchi ja Koulu reisid (2009)
  • Apteeker Melchior ja Oleviste mõistatus (2010; German 2014: "Apotheker Melchior and the riddle of the Olaikirche." Translated by Uta Kühren)
  • Apteeker Melchior ja Rataskaevu viirastus (2010)
  • Apteeker Melchior ja timuka tütar (2011)
  • Apteeker Melchior ja Pirita Kägistaja (2013)
  • Apteeker Melchior ja Tallinna kroonika (2014)
  • Apteeker Melchior ja Gotlandi curate (2017)
  • Apteeker Melchior ja Pilaatuse evangeelium (2019)

Short novels

  • Gondvana lapsed (1999)
  • Uskmatuse hind (1999)
  • Excelsuse konkistadoorid (1999)
  • Pan Grpowski jõulud (1999)
  • Obernoni Apokrüf (2000)
  • Capaneusi Harta (2000)
  • Mees, kes ei joonud viskit (2001)
  • Väendru (2001)
  • Hathawareti teener (2002)
  • Maris Stella (2003)
  • Tagasi tulevikku IV (2003)

German translations

  • Apothecary Melchior and the riddle of the Olaikirche. Translated from Estonian by Uta Keuert. Hamburg: The Hanse CEP European Publishing House 2014. 387 pp.

Private life

Hargla has been married to the Estonian children's author Heli Illipe-Sootak since 1995.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.ekspress.ee/news/paevauudised/elu/avastatud-geenius-indrek-hargla.d?id=64239935
  2. http://kultuur.postimees.ee/3066449/indrek-hargla-astus-kirjanike-liidust-valja