Lauri Pilter
Lauri Pilter (pseudonym Larats Pilter , born October 15, 1971 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian writer , translator and literary scholar.
Life
Pilter graduated from high school in 1989 and then began studying English philology at the University of Tartu . He spent the academic year 1990–1991 in the USA, after which he continued his studies with a few interruptions in Tartu. In 2002 he obtained his bachelor's degree and in 2004 his master's degree with the thesis Southern gothic: the development of the depiction of violence and spiritual degeneration in the works of William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy . In 2009 he defended his doctoral thesis on The comic and the tragicomic in the works of William Faulkner in Tartu .
Lauri Pilter was a brief secondary school teacher in Pürksi and worked as a freelance translator from 1998 to 2007. Since 2007 he has worked as a lecturer for world literature and as a scientist at the University of Tartu. He lives in Tartu and has been a member of the Estonian Writers' Union since 2012 .
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Lauri Pilter made his short story debut in Vikerkaar and Looming magazines and published his first novel in 2004. Lohejas pilv ('Die Drachenwolke') was awarded the debut prize and highly praised by the critics. The evolutionary novel is about a main character who is obsessed with the desire to become a Jew. Due to "the intensive study of Judaism, this book was something special, as this dimension was largely missing in Estonian literature up to now". His later works were also well received and at times simply commented on with “Damn well written!” Or “Simply good literature”.
In addition to English, Pilter has also translated from Italian, Russian, Swedish and Norwegian. To the translation of his authors include next William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy and Philip Roth , Thomas Wolfe , Mark Twain , Jeremy Gavron , John Barnie , Giovanni Boccaccio and Willard Van Orman Quine .
Awards
- 2004 Betti Alver Debut Prize
- 2004 Friedebert Tuglas Novella Prize
bibliography
- Lohejas pilv ('The Dragon Cloud ') Tallinn: Tuum 2004. 204 pp.
- Retk rahemäkke ('excursion to the Hagelberg'). Tallinn: Tuum 2010. 152 pp.
- Uncle Endel's Grendel, and Other Stories . Charleston: Amazon 2011. 96 pp.
- Aerudeta köisraudteel ('Without oars on the funicular'). Charleston: sn 2012. 168 pp.
- Vilekoor ja teisi jutte (' Whistle Concert and Other Stories'). Tallinn: Tuum 2014. 152 pp.
Literature on the author
- Toomas Raudam : Kõik inimesed on juudid, in: Vikerkaar 4–5 / 2004, pp. 166–169.
- Jan Kaus 8750 kilomeetrit, in: Looming 6/2004, pp. 942–947.
- Jaanus Adamson: Juut-fetiš, in: Vikerkaar 9/2004, pp. 61–74.
- Janika Kronberg : Lihtsalt hea kirjandus, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 12/2004, pp. 927–928.
- (Review) Estonian Literary Magazine 19 (2004), pp. 37-38.
- Argo Riistan: Lauri Pilter: Representative of a nameless minority, in: Estonian Literary Magazine 20 (2005), pp. 24–31.
- Peeter Helme : Mis see on ?, in: Looming 7/2010, pp. 1031-1032.
- (Review) Estonian Literary Magazine 39 (Autumn 2014), pp. 36-37.
- Vahur Afanasjev : Jää üle vaevavete, in: Vikerkaar 12/2014, pp. 109–111.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Full text of the doctoral thesis
- ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter 2006, pp. 784–785.
- ↑ Peeter Helme: Mis see on ?, in: Looming 7/2010, p. 1032.
- ↑ Janika Kronberg: Lihtsalt hea kirjandus, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 12/2004, p. 927.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pilter, Lauri |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pilter, Larats (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian writer and literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th October 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn |