Janika Kronberg

Janika Kronberg

Janika Kronberg (born November 24, 1963 in Võru ) is an Estonian literary scholar , critic and essayist.

Life

Kronberg graduated from high school in Võru in 1981 and studied Estonian philology at the University of Tartu from 1982 to 1989 . From 1989 to 1996 he was director of the newly founded Karl Ristikivi Museum in Tartu . In this capacity, he has endeavored to develop it into a center for research into Estonian exile literature. The museum is now closed (2007), but the Karl Ristikivi Society, which has existed since 2001, now performs the tasks originally intended for the museum.

Kronberg has been a member of the Estonian Writers' Association since 1996 and was chairman of the association's Tartu department from 1996 to 2005. From 2005 to 2015 he was the director of the Estonian Museum of Literature . Since March 1st, 2016 he has been editor-in-chief of the most important Estonian literary magazine Looming .

Scientific work

In his research, Kronberg concentrates primarily on the literature of Estonian exile. He has published a monograph on the history of the most important publishing house in Estonia , the Estonian Writers' Cooperative ( Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv ), which was active in Lund from 1950 to 1994 . He also published a travel book in which he followed in the footsteps of important Estonian authors. He also wrote numerous detailed studies on Estonian writers and worked as an editor.

Works

Monographs

• Tiibhobu märgi all. Eesti Kirjanike Cooperative 1950-1994. Tallinn: Underi ja Tuglase Kirjanduskeskus 2002. 287 p. (Collegium litterarum 13)
• (together with Rutt Hinrikus, Sirje Olesk and Tio Tepandi): Marie Under . Tartu: Ilmamaa 2003. 286 pp.
• (Edition) Karl Ristikivi : Päevaraamat 1957–1968. Tallinn: Varrak 2008. 1112 pp.
• Rännud kuue teejuhiga. Tallinn: GoGroup 2013. 247 pp.

Article (selection)

• Artur Adson kodupaigalaulikuna, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 2/1989, pp. 82–86.
• The waves of modernity in the border region , in: Acta Baltica 35 (1997), pp. 291–296.
• Yes liha saab sõnaks. Märkmeid Mari Saadi proosast, in: Looming 9/1997, pp. 1260–1268.
• Karl Astiga "Krutsifiksi" lugemas ja kärpimas, in: Looming 12/1998, pp. 1888-1900.
• The sauna as an ideological problem, in: Estonia 2/1999, pp. 4–9.
• Estonians and Germans in the Mirror of Estonian Literature, in: Baltica 4/1999, pp. 34–48.
• Eesti kirjandus Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiivi väravas, in: Akadeemia 4/2000, pp. 695-716.
• Varemed ja paradoks: Jaan Kaplinski 60, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 1/2001, pp. 1-4.
• Truth as sudden silence. On the poetry of Triin Soomets , in: Estonia 2/2001, pp. 28–31.
• Mari Vallisoo , in: Estonian Literary Magazine 12 (2001), pp. 32-34.
• Kuuekümnendad: kuldsed või kassikuldsed ?, in: Kohandumise märgid. Koostanud ja toimetanud Virve Sarapik, Maie Kalda, Rein Veidemann . Tallinn: Underi ja Tuglase Kirjanduskeskus 2002. (Collegium litterarum 16), pp. 329–337.
• Vahepeatus: "Eesti Looming", in: Looming 4/2003, pp. 579-585.
• Ivariga Ameerikas. 40 aastat hiljem, in: Looming 6/2004, pp. 876-884.
• Riid pagulaslehtlas. Ivo Iliste eesti pagulaskirjandusest, in: Looming 11/2004, pp. 1700–1708.
• Roomas. Kaspari jälil, in: Looming 12/2006, pp. 1847-1859
• Kirjanduse süüdimatu musikaalsus. Tähelepanekuid Ristikivist ja muusikast, in: Paar Sammukest 24 (2008), pp. 171–182.
• Jonas Meelistega Karl Asti jälil, in: Looming 4/2008, pp. 564-584.
• (with Brita Melts): Karl Ristikivi rändav Arkaadia, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 10/2012, pp. 721–733.
• (with Mari Laaneste): Joonistav kirjanik Pedro Krusten , in: Tuna 3/2015, pp. 124–128.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, pp. 225-226.
2. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Berlin, New York: De Gruyter 2006, pp. 563-564.