Kristiina Kass

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Kristiina Kass (born May 14, 1970 in Tartu ) is an Estonian children's author , book illustrator and translator .

Life

Kass grew up in Tallinn as the daughter of the writer and humorist Kalju Kass and the children's book author Asta Kass . She graduated from the Tallinn Art High School in 1988 and then studied Finnish language and literature at the University of Helsinki . In the year of her university degree (1999) her first publications were in Finnish . Kristiina Kass writes both Finnish and Estonian, and she illustrates many of her books herself. She has also translated children's books from Finnish into Estonian.

Kristiina Kass, married Nokelainen, lives in Finland.

Literary work

After her debut in 2005, which she illustrated herself, Kass quickly gained a foothold on the Estonian children's book market and is now one of the established authors there. Her books are characterized by humor and a break with convention, so that she has been placed on a par with Andrus Kivirähk . The unconventionality can also lead to an undermining of the parental authority, as is the case in Samuel's Magic Cushion (2006): An ambitious mother makes her son's life hell, but in the end she becomes the victim of her own hunt for success and loses your family.

Kristiina Kass's books have so far been translated into Swedish and Russian.

bibliography

  • Kasper ja viis tarka kassi ('Kasper and the five clever cats'). Tänapäev, Tallinn 2005.
  • Käru-Kaarel ('Wheelbarrow Kaarel'). Tiritamm, Tallinn 2006.
  • Samueli võlupadi ('Samuel's magic pillow'). Tänapäev, Tallinn 2006.
  • Petra lood ('Petra's Stories'). Tänapäev, Tallinn 2008.
  • Peeter ja mina ('Peter and I'). Tänapäev, Tallinn 2009.
  • Nõianeiu Nöbinina ('Witch Maiden Snub nose'). Tänapäev, Tallinn 2010.
  • Õpetaja Kusti kummitab ('Teacher Kusti haunts'). Tänapäev, Tallinn 2012.
  • Unelinnu pesa ('The dream bird 's nest'). Päike ja Pilv, Tallinn 2013.
  • Elle ja Kalle koduvideo ('The home video of Elle and Kalle'). Päike ja Pilv, Tallinn 2014.
  • Sandri mikroskoop ('Sanders Microscope'). Tänapäev, Tallinn 2014.
  • Nõianeiu Nöbinina ja korstnapühkija ('Witch Maiden Snub nose and the chimney sweep'). Tänapäev, Tallinn 2015.

Prices

  • 2008: 3rd place in the Nukits competition for the best children's book in Estonia
  • 2012: 1st and 3rd place in the Nukits competition
  • 2014: 2nd place in the Nukits competition

Web links

Commons : Kristiina Kass  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jaanika Palm (ed.): Eesti laste- ja noorsookirjandus 1991-2012. s. l. Eesti Lastekirjanduse Keskus 2014, p. 99.
  2. ↑ Jaanika Palm (ed.): Eesti laste- ja noorsookirjandus 1991-2012. s. l. Eesti Lastekirjanduse Keskus 2014, pp. 111–112.
personal data
SURNAME Kass, Kristiina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nokelainen, Kristiina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Tartu