Johanna Ross

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Johanna Ross (born August 27, 1985 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian literary scholar and translator .

life and work

Johanna Ross graduated from high school in Tallinn in 2003 and then studied philosophy at Tartu University . After completing her BA in 2007, she took a master's degree with a focus on Estonian literature, which she completed in 2010 with a thesis on Aimée Beekman . 2018 was also in Tartu, with a dissertation on female education novels in the sowjetestnischen literature Dr. phil. PhD.

Ross was an assistant at the Estonian Museum of Literature from 2008 to 2011 and, at the same time, was an editor at the literary magazine “Värske Rõhk” for four years (2009–2012). Since 2012 she has worked as an editor for the magazine Keel ja Kirjandus , of which she was elected editor-in-chief in 2016.

Ross' main research interests are gender studies and contemporary Estonian literature. She is also active as a literary translator from English (books by Eva Ibbotson , Sue Monk Kidd , Celia Rees , Lionel Shriver and Sarah Winman ).

Personal

Johanna Ross is the daughter of the Estonian musicologist and psychologist Jaan Ross and the Estonian linguist and translator Kristiina Ross . The latter is the daughter of the writer Jaan Kross , whose granddaughter is Johanna Ross.

Awards

Literary studies (selection)

Monographs

  • Aira Kaalust Mari Saadini . Nõukogude eesti naisarenguromaan ja selle lugemisviisid . Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus 2018. 306 p. (Dissertationes litterarum et contemplationis comparativae Universitatis Tartuensis 17)

Essays

  • Naised, nišid ja nullid, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 3/2011, pp. 206–211.
  • Aimée Beekmani "Valikuvõimalus": ühe omanäolise romaani vastuvõtu thinaamikast, in: Methis 8 (2011), pp. 21–35.
  • Naisterahva mõnitus. Toidu valmistamine eesti nõukogude olmekirjanduses, in: Looming 1/2012, pp. 83–96.
  • Eesti proosa 2013: sai nutta ja naerda, in: Looming 3/2014, pp. 396-415.
  • "Ukuaru" peidus pool: Kaili lugu, in: Kirjanduspärand kultuuriloos. Article dress yes uurimusi 2008-2014. Tartu: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseumi Teaduskirjastus 2014, 63–85 (EKLA töid kirjandusest ja kultuuriloost 7)
  • Mõttetud lunnid enne yes nüüd. Nõrgast mehest 1970. aastate eesti kirjanduses, in: Vikerkaar 4–5 / 2014, pp. 62–74.
  • (Nõukogude) Eesti ja Euroopa Viivi Luige romaanides. Loetelud ja vastandused, in: Adressaadi Dünaamika ja kirjanduse pingeväljad. Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli kirjastus 2016, pp. 163-189 (Studia litteraria Estonica 18).
  • The sensuous and social Eeva Park , in: Estonian Literary Magazine 46 (spring 2018), pp. 42–45.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ S. Keel ja Kirjandus 9/2018, p. 774.
  2. ↑ (Estonian) Interview on the occasion of her election as editor-in-chief

Web links

Johanna Ross in the Estonian science database ETIS

personal data
SURNAME Ross, Johanna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian literary scholar and translator
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn