Mari Saat

Mari Saat (2011)

Mari Saat (born September 27, 1947 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian writer .

life and work

Mari Saat was born as the daughter of the Estonian journalist, cartoonist and politician Joosep Saat (1900–1977). Her father was imprisoned from 1924 to 1938 for communist agitation. He was then during the Soviet occupation of Estonia the leading journalist of the party newspaper Rahva Hääl ("People's Voice") and director of the Historical Institute of the Communist Party of Estonia .

After studying economics at the Tallinn Polytechnic from 1966–73, an aspirantur at the Academy of Sciences until 1975, where she worked as a research assistant until 1983. Since 1993 she has taught business ethics at Tallinn Technical University.

Saat's prose is characterized by thrift, specializing in the description of interpersonal relationships. In 1975 and 1985 she received the Tuglas Prize for the best story, also in 1985 the Tammsaare Prize for novels. Her children's book was awarded the Smuul Prize in 1989. The annual prize of the Estonian Writers' Union in 1992 was followed in 2000 by the annual prize of the Estonian Cultural Capital.

Mari Saat's prose deals mostly with the everyday life of simple people and the social network of relationships between parents, children, relatives and friends. She describes the search for love with great psychological depth, but also the frequent failure and loneliness. In 1974 and 1986 she was awarded the prose prize named after Friedebert Tuglas .

Most important works

4 novels, 2 volumes of stories, a textbook on business ethics , a collection of essays and a children's book.

Novels

• "Laanepüü" (1980)
• "Võlu ja vaim" (1990)
• "Sinikõrguste tuultes" (2000), ISBN 9985303520 , German: "Basically", Husum, 2011, ISBN 9783940926203
• "Lasnamäe lunastaja" (2008), ISBN 9789985989722

stories

• "Catastroof" (1973)
• "Mida teha emaga" (1978)

Prose anthologies

• "Roosipuupungad" (1975)
• "Õun valguses ja varjus" (1985)

Web links

Commons : Mari Saat  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mari Saat - Life and Work (Estonian)
• Luule Epner: Feminine and intellectual Mari Saat ( Estonian Literary Magazine , no 27., autumn 2007, English, viewed December 10, 2011)

literature

• Cornelius Hasselblatt. History of Estonian Literature . Berlin, New York 2006 ( ISBN 3-11-018025-1 ), pp. 678f.