Jüri Talvet

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Jüri Talvet on November 10, 2011 in Tartu

Jüri Talvet (pseudonym Jüri Perler , born December 17, 1945 in Pärnu ) is an Estonian poet , literary scholar , essayist and translator .

Life

Talvet went to school in Pärnu from 1953 to 1964 and, after completing his military service, studied English philology at the University of Tartu from 1967 to 1972 . Immediately afterwards, he got a job as a lecturer in foreign literature. In 1981 he defended his doctoral thesis on the Spanish poet Mateo Alemán in Leningrad . Since 1992 he has been Professor of World Literature at the University of Tartu.

As part of his studies, he stayed in Cuba for a long time (1979–1980), and also traveled to Spain and Latin America . Talvet has been a member of the Estonian Writers' Association and the Estonian PEN Club since 1984 . He is also u. a. Member of the International Comparative Literature Association and founding member and chairman of the Estonian subdivision Eesti Võrdleva Kirjandusteaduse Assotsiatsioon (“Estonian Association for Comparative Literature”).

The Estonian diplomat, poet and translator Malle Talvet-Mustonen is his sister. Jüri Talvet lives in Tartu.

Scientific work

After completing his studies, Jüri Talvet specialized in Hispanic studies and has primarily appeared as a mediator of Spanish literature in Estonia. In addition, he has also promoted comparative literature in Estonia, among other things by founding the magazine interlitteraria ( ISSN  1406-0701 ), which has been published annually since 1996 and includes articles in English, German, French and Spanish. Talvet has also presented numerous studies on Estonian literature, in particular on Juhan Liiv and Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald's Kalevipoeg .

Literary work

Already in Talvet's debut volume, which mainly contains read-lyrics, a certain proximity to Spanish-language poetry was noted. References to Spanish culture could also be made in his later volumes, even if references were made to the Estonian era of the national awakening in the 19th century and to a poet like Karl Eduard Sööt .

With his other volumes of poetry, the author consolidated his position, so that today he is one of the most recognized contemporary Estonian poets. His essay writing also made important contributions to the cultural discussion in Estonia. His essays on Spain have understandably been compared again and again with the work of Friedebert Tuglas , whose notes from Spain are among the classics of Estonian literature.

Translations

Talvet has translated mainly from Spanish - both poetry and prose - including Francisco de Quevedo , Ramón Gómez de la Serna , Mario Vargas Llosa , Salvador Espriu , Vicente Aleixandre , Pío Baroja , Gabriel García Márquez , Juan José Arreola , Juan Rulfo and José Emilio Pacheco transferred to Estonian. He made some of the translations together with Ain Kaalep and Asta Põldmäe .

Talvet's own work has been published in English and Spanish:

  • Elegia Estonia y otros poemas . Ciudad de València: Palmart 2002. 108 pp.
  • A call for cultural symbiosis . Toronto et al .: Guernica 2005. 133 pp.
  • Estonian Elegy. Selected poems. Toronto et al .: Guernica 2008. 72 pp.

The Spanish prose version of the Estonian epic Kalevipoeg features an introduction by Talvet:

  • Kalevipoeg. Epopeya nacional estona . Versión en prosa de William F. Kirby. Edición y traducción de Mariano González Campo. Separata preliminar de Jüri Talvet. Madrid: Miraguano SA Ediciones 2015.

Awards

bibliography

Poetry and essays

  • Äratused ('revivals'). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1981. 86 pp.
  • Teekond Hispaaniasse. Päevikud, reisipildid, mõtted ('Travel to Spain. Diaries, travel pictures, thoughts'). Tallinn: Perioodika 1985. 101 pp. ( Loomingu Raamatukogu 49–50 / 1985)
  • Ambur ja karje ('shooter and outcry'). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1986. 70 pp.
  • Hinge kulg ja kliima üllatused ('The walk of the soul and the surprises of the climate'). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1990. 93 pp.
  • Hispaaniast Ameerikasse. Reisid / Mõtted ('From Spain to America'). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1992. 272 ​​pp.
  • Hispaania vaim ('The Spirit of Spain'). Tartu: Ilmamaa 1995. 384 pp.
  • Eesti eleegia ja teisi luuletusi ('Estonian elegy and other poems'). Tallinn: Kupar 1997. 135 pp.
  • Kas sul viinamarju ka on? ('Do you have grapes too?'). Tartu: Ilmamaa 2001. 79 pp.
  • Unest, lumest ('From dream, from snow'). Tartu: Ilmamaa 2005. 77 pp.
  • Sümbiootiline culture. Mõtisklus U-st ('The symbiotic culture. Thoughts on the U'). Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus 2005. 75 pp.
  • Silmad peksavad une seinu ('The eyes beat the walls of sleep'). Tartu: Ilmamaa 2008. 80 pp.
  • Isegi vihmal on hung. / Jüri Perler: Oo Hamlet, mu vend ('Even the rain has a soul / Oh Hamlet, my brother'). Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus 2010. 72 + 66 p.
  • Take care of kirja Montaigne'ile ('Ten Letters to Montaigne'). Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus 2014. 175 pp.

Literary Studies (selection)

  • Tõrjumatu äär ('The Irresistible Edge'). Tartu: Ilmamaa 2005. 524 pp.
  • Juhan Liivi luule. Monograafia. ('The Poetry of Juhan Liiv') s. l .: Tänapäev 2012. 245 pp.
  • Luulest ('About Poetry'). Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus 2015. 445 p. (Studia litteraria Estonica 16)

Secondary literature

  • Andres Langemets : Ärkamine armastusele ja luulele, in: Looming 3/1982, pp. 424-426.
  • Joel Sang : Talveti luuleluum, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 5/1982, 266–267.
  • Tiit Kellers : Teekond Tallinnasse. Reisiarvustus, in: Looming 4/1986, pp. 558-561.
  • Endel Mallene: Hispaania vaim, in: Kirjanduse jaosmaa 86. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1988, pp. 205-208.
  • Toomas Haug : Talvet Eestis, in: Vikerkaar 5/1987, pp. 79-80.
  • Rein Veidemann : Jüri Talveti Hispaania stuudium, in: Looming 4/1996, pp. 561-563.
  • Livia Viitol: Sisenemine barokk-kultuuri, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 6/1996, pp. 415-418.
  • Paul-Eerik Rummo : "Kuid vägitöö on leina naerdes kanda ...", in: Looming 4/2002, pp. 608–610.
  • Marin Laak: Tsitaadis, õpetlane yes tillukse
  • Peeter Olesk : Jüri Talveti aeg, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 12/2005, pp. 1001–1004.
  • Kaarel Kressa, Jürgen Rooste : Valede suunavööndite poeet, in: Looming 10/2005, pp. 1580–1582.
  • Marin Laak: Tsitaadid, õpetlane ja “tillukesed paljad jalad”, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 10/2005, 754–757.
  • Cornelius Hasselblatt : Kaeblemise kultuur, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 8/2006, pp. 669–670.
  • Paul-Eerik Rummo: Teel viiendasse keisririiki, in: Looming 10/2008, pp. 1579–1581.
  • Lauri Pilter : A Drama of a Philosophy of Senses: Jüri Talvet's Poetry, in: interlitteraria 16/1 (2011), pp. 160–180.
  • Marisa Kërbizi: "Estonian Elegy" by Jüri Talvet: A Vision of an Ethnical Perspective via Forgiveness and Love, in: interlitteraria 16/1 (2011), pp. 181–194.
  • Rein Veidemann: Jüri Talveti sümbiootiline mõte, in: Looming 12/2014, pp. 1782–1784.
  • Taming world literature . In honor of Jüri Talvet. Tartu: University of Tartu Press, 2015. 259 pp.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, pp. 575-576.
  2. ↑ Joel Sang: Talveti luuleluum in: Keel yes Kirjandus 5/1982, 266th
  3. ↑ Andres Langemets: Ärkamine armastusele ja luulele, in: Looming 3/1982, p. 425.
  4. ^ Toomas Haug: Talvet Eestis, in: Vikerkaar 5/1987, p. 79.
  5. ↑ Endel Mallene: Hispaania vaim, in: Kirjanduse jaosmaa 86. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1988, pp. 205-208.
personal data
SURNAME Talvet, Jüri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian poet, translator and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Parnu