Maarja Pärtna

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Maarja Pärtna (born July 2, 1986 in Lüganuse ) is an Estonian poet and translator .

Life

Maarja Pärtna studied English philology and world literature at the University of Tartu and graduated in 2014 with a master's degree . In the meantime, she worked as a literary editor for various cultural magazines and, in 2013, founded the publishing house “Elusamus” together with the poet Helena Läks .

Pärtna lives as a freelance writer in Tartu and has been a member of the Estonian Writers' Union since 2015 .

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Pärtna made her debut in magazines and published her first volume of poetry in 2010. “Stylish purity” and “thoughtfulness” were already attested to her debut, and later collections were also called “extremely mature” and “characterized by the ability to look beyond one's own navel”. In her poetry, which is increasingly approaching prose , clear influences of the American poet William Carlos Williams , whom she also translated, can be felt.

Her political commitment is also emphasized, which is expressed, for example, in the thematization of the current climate catastrophe , to which the title of her poetry book published in 2019 ( Vivarium ) ultimately also refers. A critic who wrote his review in the spring of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic suggested reading this book of poems "as Albert Camus ' ... The Stranger of Our Time."

Awards

bibliography

  • rohujuurte juures ('at the grass roots'). Tartu: Värske Rõhk 2010. 47 pp.
  • Läved ja tüved ('thresholds and trunks'). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2013. 84 pp.
  • Saamises ('In Becoming'). Luige: Verb 2015. 56 pp.
  • Vivaarium ('Vivarium'). Tartu: Elusamus 2019. 72 pp.

Secondary literature

  • Mart Velsker: Inimnäoline luulekogu kosmoselinnast, in: Looming 4/2011, pp. 574-577.
  • Auri Jürna: Kolme vägi, in: lugu 6 (2011), pp. 28–29.
  • Juhan Hellerma: Vaatlus ja üleminek, in: Vikerkaar 12/2013, pp. 95–98.
  • Joosep Susi: Luuletu luule, in: Vikerkaar 4–5 / 2016, pp. 175–179.
  • Jayde Will: Maarja Pärtna. Thresholds and Possibilities, in: Estonian Literary Magazine 36 (2013), pp. 16-17.
  • Maarja Pärtna / Carolina Pihelgas : Äär on kokkupuut Punkt, in: Looming 9/2013, pp. 1276–1281.
  • Hele-Mai Viiksaar: Tulevik lõheneb keskelt pooleks nagu kirvega raiutud puupakk, in: Looming 12/2019, pp. 1799–1801.
  • Mart Velsker: Meie aja võõras, in Keel ja Kirjandus 5/2020, pp. 422–425.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Auri Jürna: Kolme vägi, in: lugu 6 (2011), p. 29.
  2. ↑ Hele-Mai Viiksaar: Tulevik lõheneb keskelt pooleks nagu kirvega raiutud puupakk, in: Looming 12/2019, p. 1801.
  3. ↑ Joosep Susi: Luuletu luule, in: Vikerkaar 4–5 / 2016, pp. 176–177.
  4. ↑ Mart Velsker: Meie aja võõras, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 5/2020, p. 425.
personal data
SURNAME Pärtna, Maarja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian poet and translator
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd July 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Lüganuse