Mihkel Raud

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Mihkel Raud (born January 18, 1969 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian writer , journalist , musician and former politician.

Life

Mihkel Raud was born the son of the writer couple Eno Raud and Aino Pervik and is therefore a brother of the writer and Japanologist Rein Raud and the artist and children's book author Piret Raud . He has been playing guitar in various rock bands since 1983, some of which he founded and directed himself. After graduating from high school in Tallinn (1987), he briefly studied English philology by distance learning at the University of Tartu , but soon devoted himself entirely to music and television, where he directed various shows.

In 2014 he joined the Estonian Social Democratic Party , for which he was elected to the Estonian Parliament in 2015 . After a year, however, he left parliament and withdrew from politics.

Mihkel Raud is a member of the Estonian Writers' Union .

Literary work

Mihkel Raud landed a great success with his autobiographical debut novel, in which the life of a mostly drunk rock musician in Estonia in the 1980s is described openly, peppered with vulgarisms, although the critics criticized that "not a single character [can be found]. but just a herd of blatant drunkards. "

His second novel ( Blau ist dein Himmel ) is a multi-layered detective novel which, due to its amalgamation of (German) terrorism and Russian secret service, takes on the characteristics of a political thriller. The main character is called Ulrike and is the mastermind behind an attack in Tallinn. She bears features of Ulrike Meinhof , who is also named in the book (p. 255). The novel received critical acclaim and has also been translated into Finnish.

bibliography

  • Musta pori Näkku ('Black dirt on your face'). Tallinn: Tammerraamat 2008. 280 pp.
  • Sinine on sinu taevas ('Blue is your sky'). s. l .: Mustvalge 2010. 254 pp.
    • Finnish translation: Sininen on sinun taivaasi . Suomentanut Jouko Vanhanen. Helsinki: Liike 2011. 268 pp.
  • Kus ma olen ja kuidas sina võid palju kaugemale jõuda ('Where I am and how you can get much further'). Tallinn FD Distribution 2016. 400 p

literature

  • Jan Kaus : Mihkel-kuradi Raud ja tema mäles-kuradi-tused, in: Looming 1/2009, pp. 147–151.
  • Tõnis Kahu: In vino veritas, in: Vikerkaar 1–2 / 2009, pp. 168–171.
  • Maimu Berg : Lihtsalt kirjanik, ei enam jõukas ega kuulus, in: Looming 5/2010, pp. 740–741.
  • Oudekki Loone: Kellele Stockmann, kellele Toompea, in: Vikerkaar 6/2010, pp. 92–96.
  • Aare Pilv : Minakirjutusest. Tõnu Õnnepalu , Mihkel Raua ja Madis Kõivu Näitel, in: Methis 5/6 (2010), pp. 122–130.
  • Keiu Virro: Ära ole see, kes sa oled, ole ilus, in Vikerkaar 1–2 / 2017, pp. 182–186.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tõnis Kahu: In vino veritas, in: Vikerkaar 1-2 / 2009, p. 168.
  2. ↑ Jan Kaus: Mihkel-kuradi Raud ja tema mäles-kuradi-tused, in: Looming 1/2009, p. 150.
  3. ↑ Jürgen Rooste : "Enthusiastic figures", "exciting cinematic structure", in: lugu 3/2010, p. 33.
personal data
SURNAME Raud, Mihkel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer, musician and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 18th January 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn