Jaan Lintrop
Jaan Lintrop (born June 1, jul. / 13. June 1885 greg. In the municipality Alliku ; † 24. March 1962 in Oisu ) was an Estonian writer and journalist .
Life
Jaan Lintrop attended the renowned Hugo-Treffner-Gymnasium in Tartu . From 1911 to 1913 he was a guest student at Moscow University and in 1913/14 at Leipzig University . He then worked as a journalist in Estonia .
From 1920 to 1929 Lintrop was director of the Estonian Academy of Sciences . From 1932 to 1935 Lintrop worked as head of advertising for J. Puhk & Pojad . From 1935 he lived on the home farm Anniku in the Central Estonian Kärevere , which belonged to his family.
Literary work
Jaan Lintrop has mainly written realistic short stories , short stories and travelogues. In his works of fiction, he often pointedly describes village life in Estonia with an ironic and critical note. He became known - and also heavily criticized - through his two collections of novels, Igapäevane elu (1909) and Nutt ja naer (1910).
1915 was published under the pseudonym Hirvi Ogar Lintrops Maailma Soda ( "The Great War") as a serial novel in Tallinn newspaper. After three editions, the publication was discontinued due to Russian censorship in the First World War . The novel fragment bears the subtitle "Futuristic Experimental Novel". It contains science fiction elements and looks back in satirical form from the future to the present.
Works (selection)
Novel collections
- Igapäevane elu (1909)
- Nutt ja naer (1910)
- Grandma aja lapsed (selection collection, 1959)
- Kitsad väravad (selection collection, 1985)
stories
- Villem Elgas (1911)
Novels
- Maailma sõda (1915, unfinished)
- Muiste (1936)
Travel reports
- Türgi enne ja nüüd (1930)
Secondary literature
- Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. Berlin, New York 2006 ( ISBN 3-11-018025-1 ), pp. 381, 400f.
Web links
- Works by Jaan Lintrop in the holdings of the Estonian National Library
- Portrait photo
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eesti elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 250
- ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt: History of Estonian Literature. Berlin, New York 2006, p. 401
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lintrop, Jaan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ogar, Hirvi (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alliku |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1962 |
| Place of death | Oisu |