Kalle Käsper

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Kalle Käsper (born May 2, 1952 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian writer .

life and work

Käsper started out as a humorist and worked for a time in the theater, at the same time he published his first poems. However, he achieved greater fame with his prose .

His most striking work is the eight-part novel series Die Buridans (2005–2014), which extends from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century and depicts the ramified chronicle of a family caught between Estonia and Russia. The novel has been praised as a “good, old realistic-naturalistic family novel” and has been brought closer to Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks . On the other hand, there are certainly critical voices about the series of novels, and other books by the author have received negative reviews from time to time.

Kalle Käsper was married to the Armenian writer Gohar Markosjan-Käsper (1949–2015) who wrote in Russian and is a member of the Estonian Writers ' Union .

Awards

bibliography

  • Härra Käsperi tõsilood ('True stories from Mr Käsper'). Tallinn: Meelejahutaja 1994. 30 pp.
  • Taani prints Hamlet, nuhk ('Prince Hamlet of Denmark, Spy'). Tallinn: Kupar 1996. 142 pp.
  • Üksindus on hommikuti hell ('loneliness is tender in the morning'). Trdat See-ja-See-janielu. Tallinn: Faatum 1997. 213 pp.
  • Vennad Luiged ('Luik Brothers'). Tallinn: Faatum 2002. 416 pp.
  • Alliksandriine ('Alexandrians'). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2003. 37 pp.
  • Buridanid I ('The Buridans I'). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2005. 319 pp.
  • Kolm reisi ('Three Journeys'). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2005. 168 pp.
  • Buridanid II ('The Buridans II'). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2006. 285 pp.
  • Buridanid III ('The Buridans III'). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2006. 277 pp.
  • Buridanid IV ('The Buridans IV'). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2007. 311 pp.
  • Jah, armastan, kuid mitte inimesi ('Yes, I love, but not people'). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2009. 61 pp.
  • Buridanid V ('The Buridans V'). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2009. 254 pp.
  • Buridanid VI ('The Buridans VI'). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2011. 247 pp.
  • Öö jumalik enklaav ('The divine enclave of the night'). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2012. 52 pp.
  • Buridanid VII ('The Buridans VII'). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2012. 223 pp.
  • Garbage gas ('The Spelunke'). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2013. 59 pp.
  • Buridanid VIII ('The Buridans VIII'). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2014. 207 pp.
  • Filosoofilisi novelle ('Philosophical Novellas'). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2016. 148 pp.
  • Orpheuse laule ('Orpheus' songs'). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2017. 100 pp.

Literature on the author

  • Paula Sering: Mineviku häbi, in: Looming 7/1996, pp. 994-996.
  • Mati Unt : Iseseisvujate ja isemõtlejate panoraam, in: Looming 7/2002, pp. 1097–1100.
  • Olev Remsu : Sallimatus, sallimatus, in: Looming 5/2005, pp. 783-786.
  • Rein Veidemann : Kas Eesti “Buddenbrookid” ?, in: Looming 2/2006, pp. 297-300.
  • Märt Väljataga : Work in progress , in: Looming 6/2006, pp. 932-934.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mati Unt: Iseseisvujate ja isemõtlejate panoraam, in: Looming 7/2002, p. 1099.
  2. ↑ Review (English) of the first five volumes in Estonian Literary Magazine 31 (2010), pp. 38–39.
  3. ↑ Märt Väljataga: Work in progress , in: Looming 6/2006, p. 933.
  4. ↑ Rein Veidemann: Kas Eesti “Buddenbrookid” ?, in: Looming 2/2006, pp. 297-300.
  5. ↑ Mati Unt: Iseseisvujate ja isemõtlejate panoraam, in: Looming 7/2002, pp. 1097–1100.
  6. ↑ Olev Remsu: Sallimatus, sallimatus, in: Looming 5/2005, pp. 783-786.
personal data
SURNAME Käsper, Kalle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn