Kalle Kurg

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Kalle Kurg (2014)

Kalle Kurg (born May 25, 1942 in Tartu ) is an Estonian writer , literary critic and translator .

life and work

Kalle Kurg was a correspondent for the Estonian local newspaper Pärnu Kommunist from 1958 to 1961 . He completed his studies in Estonian Philology at the State University of Tartu ( Estonian Tartu Riiklik Ülikool ) in 1966 .

From 1967 to 1968 Kurg worked in the editorial department of the magazine Eesti Loodus . He then worked for two years as an editor at the Estonian state television ETV. In 1975 he joined the Estonian SSR Writers' Union . From 1971 Kurg was employed by the Estonian literary magazine Looming , of which he was editor-in-chief from 1976 to 1988.

In 1991/92 Kurg was head of the literary editorial team at ETV and editor-in-chief of the cultural magazine Sina ja mina . In 1996 he became director of the Estonian publishing house Ilo , and from 1998/99 editor-in-chief of the art publishing house Kunst . From 2000 to 2005 he directed and designed his literary program Ütle, mis sul on in the public-law Klassikaraadio , in which he read his own novellas twice a month.

Since the late 1950s, Kurg has emerged as a cultural philosopher, essayist, theater and literary critic and translator from German (including poems by Hermann Hesse ), English and Finnish. In 1999 he published the volume of poetry Pimeduse värvid . He also wrote numerous dramaturgical texts (including the pantomime Mimeskid , which was premiered in 1981) as well as contributions to radio broadcasts.

literature

  • Kalle Kurg: Pimeduse värvid: 1960–1990 . Poems. Virgela, Tallinn 1999, ISBN 9985862953 .
  • Cornelius Hasselblatt: History of Estonian Literature. Berlin, New York 2006, ISBN 3-11-018025-1 , p. 705.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mati Graf: Rein Ristlaan lahkub lavalt. Indrek Toome tuleb Toompealt Valgesse majja. Mati Graf: Kalevipoja kojutulek. 1978. aasta poliitilisest pööripäevast 1988. aasta suveräänsusdeklaratsioonini. Tallinn, kirjastus Argo 2008, ISBN 978-9949-438-53-2 , pp. 253-255.
  2. ↑ Eesti Elulood. Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus, Tallinn 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14), ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 197.
  3. ↑ Kalle Kurg. Novellas for radio broadcasts (2000-2005), Estonian Radio Archives [1] ; [2]
  4. ↑ Mimeskid (Pärjaballaad // // Rändlinnu lend valgus) .
personal data
SURNAME Kurg, Kalle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES New Year's Eve, Krisostomus; Kelgu, Karl; Uustalu, K.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer, literary critic and translator
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Tartu