Mati Unt

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Mati Unt (born January 1, 1944 in Linnamäe , Jõgeva County , Estonian SSR , † August 22, 2005 in Tallinn ) was an Estonian writer , theater director, translator and literary scholar .

Life

Mati Unt attended the village school of Leedimäe (Jõgeva County) from 1951 to 1958 and graduated from high school in Tartu in 1962 . Until 1967 he studied Estonian Philology at the University of Tartu .

1966–1972 Mati Unt worked at the Vanemuine Theater in Tartu, from 1975–1981 at the youth theater as its literary director. 1981–1991 he was director at the youth theater and 1992–2003 director at the Draamateater in Tallinn. He then worked as a freelance artist in Tallinn.

Mati Unt wrote more than fifteen novels and short stories as well as ten plays. In addition, productions and film scripts are part of his great literary work. He is considered one of the most innovative and productive writers of Estonian modernism and postmodernism .

Memorial plaque on the house where Mati Unt went to school from 1951 to 1958.

Mati Unt has won numerous awards, including the Literature Prize named after Friedebert Tuglas (1976), the Juhan Smuul Prize (1978) and the Culture Prize of the Republic of Estonia (2001).

Novels and short stories

  • Hüvasti, Kollane kass (1963)
  • Võlg (1967)
  • Elu võimalikkusest kosmoses (1967)
  • Mõrv hotellis (1969)
  • Kuu nagu kustuv päike (1971)
  • Mattias ja Kristiina (1974)
  • Via regia (1975)
  • Must mootorrattur (1976)
  • Sügisball (1979, German Herbstball 1987)
  • Räägivad ja vaikivad (1985)
  • Öös on asju (1990)
  • Doonori meelespea (1990)
  • Tere, kollane kass! (1992)
  • Brecht ilmub öösel (1996)

Plays

  • Lake maailm või teine (1966)
  • Phaethon, päikese poeg (1968)
  • Viimnepäev (1972)
  • Kolm põrsakest ja hea hunt (1973)
  • Good-by, baby (1975)
  • Kümme neegrit (1976)
  • Peaproov (1977)
  • Vaimude tund Jannseni tänaval (1984)
  • Huntluts (1999; based on motifs by Oskar Luts )
  • Graal! (2001)
  • Master yes Margarita (2001, based on motifs by Mikhail Bulgakov )
  • Vend Antigone, ema Oidipus (2006, based on motifs by Sophocles and Euripides )

In addition, translations from German and numerous renowned productions at various theaters.

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personal data
SURNAME Unt, Mati
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer, theater director, translator and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Linnamäe , Jõgeva County , Estonian SSR
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 2005
Place of death Tallinn