Mihkel Aitsam (writer)

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Mihkel Aitsam (born November 19 . Jul / 1. December  1877 greg. In Sääla , rural community Vigala ; † 17th June 1953 in Vigala) was an Estonian writer and journalist .

Life

Aitsam went to school in Velise , rural municipality Märjamaa , from 1885 to 1893 . From 1900 he worked for various newspapers, for which he wrote not only news but also stories. As a result of his involvement in the 1905 Revolution , he served a five-month prison sentence. He later worked for the Estonian Society of Farmers (1909-1920) and from 1919 in the editorial office of the Päevaleht (until 1940). Then he lived as a pensioner in Vigala.

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Aitsam dedicated almost his entire oeuvre to the struggle of the Estonian rural population against the German feudal lords, for which he collected material from contemporary witnesses for decades. Most of his narratives, based on archival materials and eyewitness accounts, appeared as sequel stories in the press. He also published three novels as a book: The novel Vom Schloss auf Hiiumaa nach Sibirien (1937) deals with the legendary pirate Otto Reinhold Ludwig von Ungern-Sternberg , as Herman Sergo later did in his novel The Beach Robber; The King of Estonia (1937) deals with an uprising of 1805; The clergyman's daughter (1940) is a historical novel set in Estonia in the 16th century.

At the same time, Aitsam put together an extensive collection of material on the revolutionary events of 1905, which, however, was not published during his lifetime. It only appeared in 2011 in a richly illustrated and commented edition.

Aitsam also wrote a few plays.

Awards

bibliography

  • Koerakaswatuse eriteadlane. Näituse jant 2 waatuses ('The specialist scientist for dog training. Schwank in two lifts'). Tallinn: sn 1923. 39 pp.
  • Salmisto. 1905. a. revolutsiooni päevilt. Rahvatükk 4 vaatuses ('Salmisto. From the days of the revolution of 1905, folk piece in 4 acts'). Tallinn: Mutsu 1925. 147 pp.
  • Maakuld. Rahvatükk 4 vaatuses ('Erdgold. Volksstück in 4 Akten'). Tallinn: Eesti Haridusliit 1930. 120 pp.
  • Hiiu lossist Siberisse ('From the castle on Hiiumaa to Siberia'). Tallinn: Tallinna Eesti Kirjastus-Ühisus 1937. 175 pp.
  • 1905. aasta Läänemaal. Eel- ja järellugudega, isiklikke mälestusi ja uurimusi ('1905 in Läänemaa. Personal memories and investigations with pre- and post-history'). Tallinn: sn 1937. 423 pp.
  • Eestimaa kuningas ('The King of Estonia'). Tallinn: M. Aitsam 1938. 586 pp.
  • Laanekotkas; Rahutused Rae mõisas ('The jungle eagle; unrest on the Rae estate'). Tallinn: M. Aitsam 1939. 122 pp.
  • Hiislari tütar ('The clergyman's daughter'). Tallinn: M. Aitsam 1940. 509 pp.

Literature on the author

  • Eerik Teder: Mees meie kultuuriloost, in: Looming 12/1967, pp. 1916-1917.
  • Leonhard Vaide: Ajakirjanik, kirjanik ja kodu-uurija Mihkel Aitsam, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 12/1977, pp. 743-744.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, p. 24.
  2. ↑ Mihkel Aitsam: 1905. aasta revolutsioon ja selle ohvrid Eestis. Tartu: Ilmamaa 2011. 470 pp.
personal data
SURNAME Aitsam, Mihkel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Sääla , rural municipality of Vigala
DATE OF DEATH June 17, 1953
Place of death Vigala