Livia Viitol

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Livia Viitol (2017)

Livia Viitol (born December 18, 1953 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian poet , translator and critic .

Life

Livia Viitol graduated from high school in Tallinn in 1971 and then studied Estonian philology at the University of Tartu from 1971 to 1976 . After graduating in Finno-Ugric Studies , she worked as an editor for various scientific journals from 1976 to 1992. She was briefly active in the school service (1981), since 1993 she has been working as a freelancer. She then mainly worked for various newspapers, from 2001 to 2005 she was employed at the Anton Hansen Tammsaare and Eduard Vilde Museum. Since 2005 she has been a freelance writer again.

Livia Viitol translates from Latvian ( Juris Kronbergs , Nora Ikstena ) and has been a member of the Estonian Writers' Union since 2007 .

Literary work

Viitol has published poetry since the late 1980s and debuted with a volume of poetry in 1991. Her poetry is very personal and, according to her own statement, a "sign of the loneliness of the soul". Further volumes of poetry followed at greater intervals (2002, 2009) and in 2014 a volume with stories and novels. In the sober descriptions of everyday life, the critics saw parallels with Maimu Berg and Eeva Park , but also with the irony of Mihkel Mutt or Toomas Vint .

Awards

bibliography

Poetry and prose

  • Pääl ja sees ('Drauf und inside'). Tallinn: sn1991. 71 pp.
  • Ilmakoer Muki ('World Dog Muki'). Tallinn: Koolibri 2000. 63 pp.
  • Läti pääsuke ('The Latvian Swallow'). Riga: Petergailis 2002. 69 pp.
  • Ajalootund ('History Lesson '). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2009. 62 pp.
  • Jutte ja novelle ('Stories and Novellas'). Tallinn: Libri Livoniae 2014. 135 pp.

Literary Studies and Criticism

  • (with Mari Saat :) Kirjutamine on tegelemine pildiga, in: Looming 5/2001, pp. 767-774.
  • Ajalugu kui eesti keele lugu. Mats Traadi ja Asta Põldmäe viimaste aastate lühiproosast, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 6/2004, pp. 451–457.
  • Eduard Vilde vaikselt eurooplaseks saamisest, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 4/2005, pp. 311-316.
  • Views of Freedom: Mats Traat, in: Estonian Literary Magazine 24 (2007), pp. 22-27.
  • Luuletajaks kujunemine. Liidia Tuulse 100, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 3/2012, pp. 193-201.
  • Eduard Vilde. Tallinn: Tänapäev 2012. 375 pp.

Literature on the author

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, pp. 670-671.
  2. ↑ Eesti elav luulelugu, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 4/1993, p. 236.
  3. ↑ Peeter Helme: Kaksteist lugu Eestist, üks Lätist, kõik kokku ajalugu, in: Looming 7/2014, p. 1011.
personal data
SURNAME Viitol, Livia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian poet, translator and literary critic
DATE OF BIRTH 18th December 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn