Katlin Kaldmaa

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Kätlin Kaldmaa (born August 30, 1970 in Rakvere ) is an Estonian writer, translator and literary critic.

Life

Kätlin Kaldmaa grew up in Voore, in the rural community of Saare in Jõgeva County , and graduated from high school in Palamuse in 1988 . She then studied Estonian Philology at the University of Tartu for a few years , but graduated in 2012 from the University of Tallinn in English Language and Culture.

From 2006 to 2010 Kaldmaa was culture editor at Eesti Päevaleht , after which she was responsible for international relations at the Estonian Center for Children's Literature from 2010 to 2016. She was also editor-in-chief of the 2009-2011 magazine "Lugu". She has lived in Tallinn as a freelance writer since 2016 .

Kaldmaa is a member of the Estonian Writers' Union and has been President of the Estonian PEN Club since 2010 .

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Kätlin Kaldmaa made her debut under the pseudonym “Kätlin Kätlin” in 1996 together with other young authors as part of a cassette, as often happened in Estonia in the 1960s and again in the 1990s. Your poetry has occasionally been compared with the work of Artur Alliksaar .

Her second volume of poetry appeared after a break of more than ten years. The multilingual title indicates that some poems have a Finnish or Russian translation attached. In addition, the opening and closing poems are written in English. English texts can also be found in her other volumes of poetry.

Kaldmaa later switched to prose and published short stories as well as a novel set in Iceland (2013). Her novels in particular, one of which was awarded the Friedebert Tuglas Novella Prize in 2012, have received critical acclaim. One critic saw in her the author who “can fill the hole that Jüri Ehlvest has left”.

Kaldmaa has also written children's literature. Kaldmaa also works as a translator from English, Finnish and Spanish and has translated into Estonian , among others, Jeanette Winterson , Michael Ondaatje and Gabriel García Márquez .

Awards

bibliography

  • Larii-laree ('Tirili'). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1996. 62 p. (Cassette 1995)
  • Üks pole ühtegi. One is none . s. l .: sn 2008. 116 p.
  • Nägemata ilmad ('Unseen Worlds'). [Tallinn]: NyNorden 2009. 57 pp.
  • Armastuse tähestik ('Alphabet of Love') [Tallinn]: NyNorden 2012. 76 pp.
  • Islandil ei ole liblikaid ('There are no butterflies in Iceland'). Tallinn: Ajakirjade Kirjastus 2013. 325 pp.
  • Väike terav nuga ('A small sharp knife'). Tallinn: Tuum 2014. 206 pp.

Literature on the author

  • Lauri Sommer : Kasvamise ja lahknevuse anatoomiat, in Looming 6/2009, pp. 861–862.
  • Brita Melts: Variatsioonid armastusega piirneval teemal, in: Looming 2/2013, pp. 261-262.
  • Margit Tintso: Lugematul arvul lugusid, in: Looming 11/2013, pp. 1575–1577.
  • Maia Tammjärv: Maa (ilma) de avastamine, in Looming 3/2015, pp. 440-442.
  • Leo Luks: Ingel lendab era, in: Vikerkaar 6/2015, pp. 118–120.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter 2006, p. 624 u. 723
  2. ↑ Led Seppel: "Deani masin" ja teisi raamatuid, in: Vikerkaar 11-12 / 1996, p. 170.
  3. ↑ Review (English) of the fourth volume of poetry in the "Estonian Literary Magazine": Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Pp. 31-32. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.estinst.ee
  4. ↑ Leo Luks: Ingel lendab era, in: Vikerkaar 6/2015, p. 118.
personal data
SURNAME Kaldmaa, Katlin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Rakvere