Leida Tigane

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Leida Tigane (born May 8 jul. / 21st May  1908 greg. In Tartu ; † 13. February 1983 in Tallinn ) was an Estonian writer .

Life

Leida Tigane was born as a craftsman's daughter in Tartu and went to school there. After graduating from high school (1927), she worked in a printing company until 1936. She then edited the children's magazine Päike ('Sonne') from 1937 to 1938. She then worked in publishing. After the war she worked briefly for the Postimees newspaper . From 1946 to 1965 she was deputy editor-in-chief of the weekly cultural newspaper Sirp ja Vasar ('Hammer and Sickle') in Tallinn.

Tigane has been a member of the Estonian Writers' Union since 1945 and is buried in the Tallinn Forest Cemetery. The writer Aino Tigane was her younger sister.

Literary work

Leida Tigane published her first children's stories in 1928 and, through Mait Metsanurk's mediation, was able to publish her first novel in 1935. In total, she published four novels in the 1930s that "parodied the present as relatively easy readings". Even by contemporary critics, her novels have sometimes been classified as "entertainment literature".

The author has achieved greater fame with her children's literature. In addition to her books, she has published numerous stories in magazines. Your stories are often humorous and instructive without being instructive. Leida Tigane has also written plays for children.

bibliography

Novels

  • Palun seda härrat ... ('Please this gentleman ...') Tartu: Noor-Eesti 1935.
  • Marga müüb mehi. ('Marga sells men'.) Tallinn: Kuldkiri 1937.
  • Side pastlapaari. ('Seven pairs of bast shoes'.) Tartu, Tallinn: Loodus 1938.
  • Sõber mereröövel. ('Friend pirate'.) Tallinn: Tallinna Eesti Kirjastus-Ühisus 1939.

Children's books

  • Lugu kahes laisast varesest. ('The Story of the Two Lazy Crows'.) Tartu: Loodus 1936.
  • Metsatalu vahvad loomad. ('The great animals from the forest farm'.) Tartu, Tallinn: Loodus 1938.
  • Hunt yes kutsikas. ('The wolf and the puppy'.) Tallinn: Eesti kirjastus 1943.
  • Vanaema maja. ('Grandmother's House'.) Tallinn: Ilukirjandus yes art 1946.
  • Kelleks ma tahan saada. ('What I want to be'.) Tallinn: Ilukirjandus yes art 1948.
  • Mina oskan paremini. ('I can do better'.) Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus 1952.
  • Jutte lastele. ('Stories for Children'.) Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus 1955.
  • Peremees yes sulane. ('Master and Servant'.) Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus 1958.

Secondary literature

  • Valeeria Villandi: Couple sõna tuntust ja ammu ununenust. In: Keel ja Kirjandus 5/1968, pp. 299-300.
  • Leida Tigane: Juubelivestlus iseendast. In: Looming 5/1968, pp. 693-702.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Keele ja Kirjanduse” ringküsitlus kirjanikele: Millised olid teie kirjanduslikud huvid enne kirjandusse astumist ja kuidas valmisid teie esimesed tööd? In: Keel ja Kirjandus 8/1961, p. 495.
  2. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. Berlin, New York: De Gruyter 2006, p. 492.
  3. ↑ H. Paukson: Palun seda härrat ... in: Looming 9/1938, p. 1050.
  4. ^ Reet crusts: Eesti lastekirjandus. Tartu 1995, p. 163.
personal data
SURNAME Tigane, Leida
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Tartu
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1983
Place of death Tallinn