Kairi look

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Kairi Look (2014)

Kairi Look (born April 19, 1983 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian children's author .

Life

Kairi Look went to school in Tallinn and graduated from Mustamäe High School in 2001 . She then studied rehabilitation medicine at the University of Tartu and graduated with a BSc in 2005 . She completed postgraduate studies at the Free University of Amsterdam from 2006 to 2008 with an MSc in child rehabilitation.

Kairi Look works for a Dutch publisher and has lived in Amsterdam since 2006 .

Literary work

As a debutante, Kairi Look landed in third place in a literary competition with Ville gets on her socks and has since won a prize with every book. Her stories are zippy and unconventional and often feature animals in the lead role. As you can see in Ville, a lemur who is on a trip to Europe, travel and the mixing of different cultures also play a role in the work of the author.

bibliography

  • Leemuripoeg teeb sääred. ( Ville gets on his socks ). Tänapäev, Tallinn 2012.
    • German translation: Ville gets on his socks . Translated from Estonian by Irja Grönholm. BaltArtGmbH Switzerland , Langenthal 2013.
    • Lithuanian translation: Lemūriukas Vilius iškeliauja . Tr. Reda Šmitaitė. BaltArtGmbH Switzerland, Langenthal 2019.
  • Lennujaama lutikad ei anna alla. ('The airport bugs don't give up'). Tänapäev, Tallinn 2014.
    • French translation: Les punaises de l'aéroport font de la résistance . Trad. Vincent Dautancourt, ill. Katia Humbert. Le Verger des Hespérides, 2018.
    • Finnish translation: Lentokentän lutikat. Aviador, Suomentanut Katariina Suurpalo. Rajamäki 2018.
    • Latvian translation: Lidostas blaktis nepadodas . From Estonian by Guntars Godiņš. Pētergailis 2019.
    • Russian translation: Клопиная книга. Обитатели аэропорта не сдаются . Пер. с эст. Vera Prohorova. Таллинн: Издательство КПД 2019.
  • Peeter, sõpradele Peetrike ('Peter, for my friends Peterle'). Tänapäev, Tallinn 2014.
  • Piia Präänik kolib sisse ('Pia Pfefferkorn moves in'). Tänapäev, Tallinn 2015.
    • Finnish translation: Piia Pikkuleipä muuttaa. Aviador, Suomentanut Katariina Suurpalo. Rajamäki 2019.
  • Sasipäiste printsesside saar ('The island of the disheveled princesses'). Päike ja Pilv, Tallinn 2016.
  • Härra Klaasi pöörane muuseum ('The glass director with the green mustache. A museum story '). Tallinna Keskraamatukogu, Tallinn 2016.
  • Piia Präänik ja bandiidid ('Pia peppercorn and the bandits'). Tänapäev, Tallinn 2019.

German translations

So far a book by Kairi Look is available in German:

Prices

  • 2012: 3rd place in the competition "My first book" ( Leemuripoeg Ville teeb sääred )
  • 2014: 1st place in the competition "My first book" ( Lennujaama lutikad ei anna alla )
  • 2015: Literature Prize of the City of Tartu ( Peeter, sõpradele Peetrike )
  • 2015: The good children's book 2014 ( Lennujaama lutikad ei anna alla )
  • 2016: The good children's book 2015 ( Piia Präänik kolib sisse )
  • 2018: Annual award from Looming magazine for the story Relaps ('Der Rückfall')

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Look, Kairi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn