Jüri Ehlvest

Jüri Ehlvest (born March 15, 1967 in Tallinn , Estonian SSR , † October 11, 2006 in New York City ) was an Estonian writer . He studied theology and biology at the University of Tartu and lived in Tartu as an author from 1985 .

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Jüri Ehlvest's work was particularly influenced by magical realism and surrealism . He was one of the most prominent representatives of these literary directions in Estonia. His texts often show people in extraordinary situations that represent borderline experiences and sometimes even have esoteric features. In an interview, the author analyzed his spelling as follows: But when I start writing and really get going, and when I then write "I" and look at what I look at on paper, it tells me exactly what to continue writing should. I myself then have nothing more to say, I can no longer interfere.

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Ehlvest has twice received the annual prize of the Estonian Cultural Capital :

• 1997 for the book Ikka veel Bagdadis (Still in Bagdad)
• 2003 for the book Hobune ei kusagilt (A horse from nowhere)

In the same years he also received the Friedebert Tuglas Prize :

• 1997 for the novella Krutsiaania
• 2003 for the novella Hobune ei kusagilt

bibliography

• "Ikka veel Bagdadis" (1996, novel)
• "Krutsiaania" (1996, collection of short stories)
• "Päkapikk kirjutab" (1997)
• "Elli lend" (1999, novel)
• "Elumask" (1999, collection of short stories)
• "Taevatrepp (2001, collection of short stories)
• "Hobune eikusagilt" (2002, collection of short stories)
• "Rahuldus" (2004, under the name of Jüri von Ehlvest )
• "Palverännak" (2005)

Publications in German

There are only two stories in German, each in a translation by Irja Grönholm : The novella Kruziania appeared in Estonia 1/1999 (pp. 42–50) and again in Lichtungen (2003, pp. 114–117). The story Die Form der Liebe or: The Fate of the Virgin was published in the almanac Europaexpress, which was the result of a six-week train journey carried out by around a hundred authors in the summer of 2000. An interview with the author can also be found in Estonia (2/1999, pp. 10–13).

literature

• Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter 2006, pp. 752–754.
• Spiraali lagoon mine: Jüri Ehlvesti maailm. Tartu: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum 2009.

Single receipts

1. ↑ Who is writing? Ten answers from Jüri Ehlvest, Tartu, in summer 1999. In: estonia 2/1999, pp. 10–13, here p. 12.
2. ↑ Europa Express. A literary manual. Edited by Thomas Wohlfahrt and Christiane Lange. Frankfurt / M .: Eichborn 2001, pp. 541-549.
3. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt : Estonian literature in German translation. A reception story from the 19th to the 21st century. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2011, p. 412.

Web links

• Jüri Ehlvest - life, work and photos (Finnish)
• About Jüri Ehlvest (Estonian Literature Information Center, English)
• Jüri Ehlvest and his work (literary magazine "Elm", No. 12, English)
• Obituary for Jüri Ehlvest ( Postimees newspaper , Estonian)