Jaan Kruusvall

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Jaan Kruusvall (born December 7, 1940 in Palmse municipality , today Vihula municipality , Lääne-Viru district / Estonia ; † April 3, 2012 ) was an Estonian writer .

Life and literature

Jaan Kruusvall graduated from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow in 1971 . He then worked for the Soviet Estonian film company Tallinnfilm . He was also a journalist and editor for the newspaper Sirp ja Vasar ("Hammer and Sickle"). From 1981 to 1987 he also worked for the renowned Estonian literary magazine Looming .

In addition to some rather laconic short prose, Jaan Kruusvall has published two plays in particular. In Pilvide värvid ( "The Color of Clouds", 1983) is about the flight of the rural population of Estonia at the end of World War II - would be an absolute taboo in the Soviet Union .

In Vaikuse vallamaja ("The Community House of Silence", 1987), Kruusvall deals with a similar subject: the phase of rebuilding after the Second World War in Soviet Estonia and the longing to return to normal between mass deportations by the Soviets and partisan actions by the forest brothers To find life back.

Awards

Jaan Kruusvall received twice the Estonian Literature Prize named after Friedebert Tuglas .

Works (selection)

  • Armastuse esimene pool (collection of short stories, 1973)
  • Ma tean mitut inimest (collection of short stories, 1976)
  • Pilvede värvid (play, 1983, printed only 1986)
  • Katkendeid elust (collection of novels, 1983)
  • Vaikuse vallamaja (play, 1987)
  • Maailmad akna taga (collection of short stories, 1988)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Suri kirjanik Jaan Kruusvall ( Postimees , April 4, 2012, Estonian, accessed April 6, 2012)
personal data
SURNAME Kruusvall, Jaan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kruusvall, Jaan-Vahur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Palmse Municipality , now Vihula Municipality , Lääne-Viru County , Estonia
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 2012