Kristian Jaak Peterson
Kristjan Jaak Peterson (born March 2 . Jul / 14. March 1801 greg. In Riga , † July 23 jul. / 4. August 1822 greg. ) Was an Estonian poet.
life and work
Peterson is considered to be one of the founders of Estonian national literature and modern Estonian poetry. Mother tongue day (Estonian emakeelepäev ) has been celebrated as a national holiday on his birthday since 1996 .
kas siis selle maa keel , laulutuules ei või , taevani tõustes üles , igavikku omale otsida? ( Can't the language of this land , In the wind of song , Ascending to heaven , Search for eternity? )
These lines from his poem Kuu were understood as a claim to give the Estonian language its right to exist. The University of Tartu had reopened in 1802, but the lectures were held in German. Kristian Jaak Peterson was one of the first students to emphasize their Estonian origins and contribute to the national awakening of Estonia.
Kristian Jaak Peterson's Oden und Pastoralen comprise two narrow volumes, which, however, were not published for the first time until 100 years after his death. Earlier, in 1823, three German poems by him appeared. The German edition of the Mythologia Fennica by Kristfrid Ganander , a dictionary of Finnish mythology (the Swedish original appeared in 1789), was already published during his lifetime . The translation found numerous readers in Estonia and influenced national identity and literature until the first decades of the 20th century .
Peterson imitated the lifestyle of the Greek cynics and dressed in flashy clothes. He wore individual pieces of traditional Estonian clothing, for example a typical long black coat. He was very linguistically gifted and quickly acquired knowledge of several languages, both ancient and modern. He wrote philosophical essays and tried a Swedish grammar .
Peterson died of tuberculosis at the age of 21 .
literature
- IAAK: Kristian Jaak Peterson 200: on the occasion of his 200th birthday / Eesti Keele Instituut. Ed .: Kristiina Ross [et al.]. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2001. ISBN 9985-9313-8-6 (Estonian / German)
- Literature in Baltic references: Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz and Kristian Jaak Peterson / ed. by Liina Lukas [et al.]. Riga: University of Latvia, Baltic German Center, 2006.
- Carola L. Gottzmann / Petra Hörner: Lexicon of the German-language literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg . 3 volumes; Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2007. ISBN 978-3-11-019338-1 . Volume 3, pp. 1015-1017.
Web links
- Literature by and about Kristian Jaak Peterson in the catalog of the German National Library
- Album academicum of the Imperial University of Dorpat , Dorpat 1889
- Biography , EEVA (text collection)
swell
- ↑ O'Connor, Kevin. Culture and Customs of the Baltic States . Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. P.126. ISBN 0-313-33125-1 .
- ↑ Taagepera, Rein. Return to Independence . Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993. P. 29. ISBN 0-8133-1703-7 .
- ^ Raun, Toivo U. (2003). Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Estonian nationalism revisited . Nations and Nationalism 9.1, 129-147. doi : 10.1111 / 1469-8219.00078
- ^ Kristian Jaak Peterson at the Estonian Literature information Center
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peterson, Kristian Jaak |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peterson, Kristjan Jaak |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1801 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th August 1822 |
| Place of death | Riga |