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Merle Jääger at the HeadRead poetry festival in Tallinn, 2015
Photo: Ave Maria Mõistlik, May 30, 2015

Merle Jääger (born October 19, 1965 in Tallinn , literary pseudonym Merca ) is an Estonian actress and poet .

Life

Merle Jääger attended various Tallinn schools between 1972 and 1983 and entered the State University of Music and Theater in 1983 . Here she finished her degree in acting in 1988. Since 1988 she has been an actress at the Tartu Vanemuine Theater with interruptions . Merle Jääger was a member of the literary group Wellesto and has been a member of the Estonian Writers' Union since 2000 .

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Jääger made his debut in 1986 with poetry in magazines and founded together with Tõnu Trubetsky an independent Estonian punk poetry. In Trubetsky's debut volume Pogo (1989) she wrote some poems together with Trubetsky.

The first two volumes of poetry by Jääger appeared in Canada in 1989, and in terms of content they are one and the same book. One variant consisted only of loose pages (Merca by air mail), while the other was a neatly bound book. The Estonian poet Doris Kareva described the collection as a "scream from the sewer", which was by no means to be interpreted negatively. On the contrary, she welcomed the Estonian “underground” and hoped for more from the debutante.

After that, however, there was a break and Jääger devoted himself mainly to the theater. It was not until 1998 that the next slim volume of poetry came from her, which offered "real stylish decadence" and turned against sexist tendencies. Even after that, the poet remained economical with her publications, but gradually gained a permanent position in the spectrum of Estonian poetry. “Your books are not yet in every Estonian home. But it could be, ”wrote the poet Vahur Afanasjev in a review.

Merle Jääger's novel Ein Mann (2009) is a direct polemic against Olavi Ruitlane's Eine Frau (2009), which many readers found sexist.

Awards

  • 1988 Voldemar Panso award
  • 1996 Drama '96 Award
  • 1997 Ants Lauter award
  • 1998 Estonian Theater Association Award for Best Actress
  • 1999 Drama '99 Award for Best Actress

bibliography

  • Merca by Air Mail . Toronto: Maarjamaa 1989. 61 pp.
  • MercAmerka. Teine Ameerika-valimik ('Mercamerka. Second America selection'). Scarborough: Maarjamaa 1989. 80 pp.
  • Vana libu hommik ('Morning of an old whore'). Tartu: EK $ -i Kaasaegse Kirjanduse Keskus 1998. 45 p.
  • Hele häärber ('The light villa'). s. l .: Vilep et Vallik 2005. 117 pp.
  • Narrivile ('The Fool's Pipe'). Tallinn: Tänapäev 2007. 106 pp.
  • Mees ('One Man'). Tartu: A-Disain 2009. 179 pp.

Secondary literature

  • Malle Aleksius: Kodukirjandust Välis-Eestist, in: Sirp ja Vasar 14/1989, April 7th.
  • Doris Kareva: Karje kloaagist, in: Vikerkaar 7/1989, pp. 91-92.
  • Tiina Laanem: Merle Jääger tahtis end meheks opereerida, in: Eesti Päevaleht Pluss, April 10, 1999, p. 11.
  • Vahur Afanasjev: Emahundi ajatu ulg, in: Vikerkaar 6/2006, pp. 116-118.
  • Kätlin Kaldmaa: Vana naise muinasjutud, in: Looming 10/2006, pp. 1574–1576.
  • Merca: Hele häärber (A Bright Mansion), in: Estonian Literary Magazine 22 (2006), pp. 33-34.

Web links

Commons : Merle Jääger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, p. 330.
  2. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt : The new (cassette) generation, in: Estonia 4/1989, pp. 178-182.
  3. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt: History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter 2006, p. 723.
  4. ↑ Malle Aleksius: Kodukirjandust Välis-Eestist, in: Sirp ja Vasar 14/1989, April 7th.
  5. ↑ Doris Kareva: Karje kloaagist, in: Vikerkaar 7/1989, pp. 91-92.
  6. ↑ Veiko Märka: Kuus, kes kuidagi kokku ei saa, in: Vikerkaar 2–3 / 1999, p. 165.
  7. ↑ Vahur Afanasjev: Emahundi ajatu ulg, in: Vikerkaar 6/2006, p. 118.
personal data
SURNAME Hunter, Merle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Merca (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian actress and poet
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn