Johnny B. Isotamm
Johnny B. Isotamm (actually Jaan Isotamm ; born October 19, 1939 in Tartu ; † June 2, 2014 ) was an Estonian poet .
life and work
Johnny B. Isotamm was arrested by the Soviet authorities in 1956 . He was accused of membership in a nationalist Estonian student organization. He spent seven years in a forced labor camp in the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of Mordovia .
After his release, he settled in Tartu . From 1969 to 1988 he was employed as a night watchman. It was only during the period of perestroika that he was able to work freely again. He became editor of the Estonian magazine Akadeemia . Isotamm remained a rebel, lateral thinker and nonconformist.
Isotamm has been writing poetry, short prose and journalism since the mid-1960s. From 1968 his work appeared in Estonian magazines such as Looming , Noorus , Vikerkaar and Kultuur ja Elu . His cycle of poems Mees tänavalt was published in 1971, the anthology Tekstiraamat in 1972 and Mina, Johnny B. in 1999 with poems from 1967–1974.
In 2000, Isotamm received the Culture Prize of the Republic of Estonia .
literature
- Cornelius Hasselblatt: History of Estonian Literature. Berlin, New York 2006, ISBN 3-11-018025-1 , p. 727
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eesti elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 102
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Isotamm, Johnny B. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Isotamm, Jaan (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian lyric poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd June 2014 |