Magda Pihla

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Magda Pihla (until 1929 Römmer , 1953-1979 Mikkola , 1979 Easton , born January 19 . Jul / 1. February  1908 greg. In Tallinn , † 31 May 1989 in Toronto ) was a Estonian writer and painter .

Life

Pihla lived in Tambov Governorate from 1910 to 1915 , where her father held a position. Back in Estonia, she attended the teachers' college in Haapsalu and Uuemõisa from 1922 to 1928 . From 1928 to 1932 she was a teacher on Hiiumaa . She later taught in Pärnu , among others , before leaving Estonia for Germany in 1944 . As a refugee, she worked in Haunstetten and Augsburg for five years before emigrating to Canada in 1950 . She also worked as a teacher in her new home at times. After a year of training at the Ontario Art College , she also worked as a painter from 1966.

plant

Pihla has published in magazines since 1934 and made her debut in book form with two printed plays for children in Estonia. Even in exile, she mainly appeared with children's books, where she attracted attention through “interesting observations on the child's own way of thinking and logic”.

For adults, Pihla wrote a collection of short stories and two novels. In ways and their users (1958) the difficulties of adapting in exile are discussed, while Naanus Töchter (1963) plays in the past with Estonian emigrants in Russia and deals with the “clash of human happiness and pride and strict moral rules”. Here, too, the criticism stated “interesting detailed observations on the mental life of a child”.

bibliography

Children's literature

  • Ma olen muinasjutt. Laste jõulunäidend ühes vaatuses ('I am a fairy tale. A Christmas play for children in one act'). Tallinn: Tarvik 1939. 19 pp.
  • Emakese kirjulilleline põll. Ladenäidend kahes vaatuses, kolmes pildis ('Mother's multicolored-flowered apron. A children's play in two acts and three pictures'). Tallinn: Tarvik 1940. 36 pp.
  • Rõõmuraasuke (' crumbs of joy '). Geislingen: Kauge Kodu 1946. 42 pp.
  • Õnneretsept ('The recipe for happiness'). Augsburg: Estonia 1949. 62 pp.
  • Rõõmuraasukese kirjad ('Letters from the Crumb of Joy '). Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1952. 64 pp.
  • Eide tütar, taadi tütar (' grandma 's daughter, grandpa's daughter'). New York: Eesti Koolitoimkond 1961. 32 pp.
  • Küll on hea elada ('Oh how good it is to live'). New York: Eesti Koolitoimkond 1961. 34 pp.

prose

  • Ristunud saatused. Novellid ('Fates that Crossed . Novellas'). Gothenburg: Orto 1955. 243 pp.
  • Teed yes kaiyad . Romaan ('Paths and their Users'). Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1958. 288 pp.
  • Naanu ema tütred . Romaan ('Naanu's Daughters'). Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1963. 304 pp.

Literature on the author

  • Arvo Mägi : See oli nii ..., in: Tulimuld 6/1952, p. 371.
  • Helmi Eller: Toronto Teated, in: Mana 1/1959, p. 70.
  • Mall Jürma: “Naanu ema tütred”, in: Mana 3–4 / 1963, pp. 290–291.
  • Oskar Kruus : Magda Pihla surnud, in: Looming 8/1989, p. 1147.
  • Eerik Teder: Magda Pihlat meenutades, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 11/1989, p. 703.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ At the same time, the Estonian composer Cyrillus Kreek was a music teacher there.
  2. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, p. 410.
  3. ↑ Reet crusts: Eesti Lastekirjandus. Tartu: Elmatar 1995, p. 230.
  4. ↑ Eesti kirjandus paguluses. XX sajandil. Toimetanud Piret Kruuspere. [Tallinn:] Eesti TA Underi ja Tuglase Kirjanduskeskus 2008, p. 158.
  5. ↑ Mall Jürma: "Naanu ema tütred", in: Mana 3-4 / 1963, p. 291.
  6. ↑ Freudenkrümelchen , estn. Rõõmuraasuke , is the name of narrative protagonist.
personal data
SURNAME Pihla, Magda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Römmer, Magda; Mikkola, Magda; Easton; Magda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer and artist
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1989
Place of death Toronto