Liidia Tuulse

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Liidia Tuulse (born March 5 . Jul / 18th March  1912 greg. In the municipality Hummuli , Governorate of Livonia ; † 17th March 2012 in Sköndal , Sweden ) was an Estonian poet .

life and work

Liidia Tuulse was born as Lydia Haas. In 1936 she had her name approved.

She first attended a private primary school in Valga . In 1929 she graduated from the girls' high school there.

She graduated from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Tartu in 1934 . She took the subjects German, philosophy and art history. In 1938 she received the title of mag. phil. In 1937 they studied at the Albertus University in Königsberg and in 1938 at the University of Stockholm . From 1936 to 1940 she was employed at the Institute for Home Education in Tartu .

Before the advancing Red Army , Liidia Tuulse fled Estonia to Sweden with her husband, the art and architecture historian Armin Tuulse (1907–1977) . There she worked as an archive employee, publicist and language teacher.

Liidia Tuulse made her debut in 1937 with travelogues in Estonian newspapers. She later wrote reviews and short prose. During her exile in Sweden she also devoted herself to poetry and poetry translations.

Tuulse was a member of the Estonian Writers 'Association in Exile and , after Estonian independence was regained, the Estonian Writers' Association.

Liidia Tuulse died the day before her 100th birthday.

Poetry anthologies

  • Liiv yes lumi (1968)
  • Linden pihlaka võrast (1983)
  • Tiivalöök (1989)
  • Annual rings. Årsringar. Annual rings. (1995)
  • Muutuda sõnaks (1997)
  • Kogutud luuletused (2007)

Private life

Liidia Tuulse was married to the art historian Armin Tuulse (until 1936 Armin Neumann, 1907–1977), who was until 1944 professor of art history at the University of Tartu. Her son is the composer Toomas Tuulse (* 1946).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 557
personal data
SURNAME Tuulse, Liidia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haas, Lydia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian poet
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Hummuli , Livonia Governorate
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 2012
Place of death Skondal , Sweden