Mihkel Tiks
Mihkel Tiks (born June 11, 1953 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian writer , journalist and former basketball player .
Life
Mihkel Tiks graduated from high school in Rapla in 1971 and then studied journalism from 1971 to 1978 at the University of Tartu . At the same time he made a career as a top athlete in basketball and won the gold medal at the European Championships in 1970 with the Soviet junior national team. After his active career, he was editor in various ministries for several years, from 1986 to 1988 a member of the editorial team of Vikerkaar and from 1988 to 1991 editor-in-chief of the magazine Teater. Muusika. Cinema . Then he worked u. a. as a freelance journalist, publisher and local politician.
Tiks was one of the founding members of Wellesto and was a member of the Estonian Writers' Union from 1989 to 1995 , from which he resigned at his own request.
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Tiks made his debut at the end of the 1970s with a play designed in the sports milieu and remained true to this theme in his later work. His first novel, basketball novel (1985), which depicts the world of high-performance sports, received the most attention . It was partly praised and partly panned by the critics.
The later works are a school novel written together with his son Tanel about the period of stagnation and the author's memoirs, which deal with the period of upheaval in Estonia during the Singing Revolution .
Awards
- 1985 Second prize in the novel competition
bibliography
- Korvpalliromaan ('basketball novel '). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1985. 176 pp.
- (together with his son Tanel Tiks) Yes kui share siin ei meeldi ('And if you don't like it here ...'). Tallinn: Revalia 1991. 304 pp.
- Muulane yes kohtlane. Tragikomöödia kahes vaatuses ('The Stranger and the Depp. Tragicomedy in two acts'). Kose: R. Visnapuu 2001. 42 pp.
- Mängumees. Poiss sai 50 ('minstrel. The boy has turned 50'). Tallinn: Tänapäev 2010. 542 pp.
- Elumees. Poiss sai 50 ('bon vivant. The boy has turned 50'). Tallinn: Tänapäev 2011. 344 pp.
- Arimees. Poiss sai 50 ('Businessman. The boy has turned 50'). Tallinn: Tänapäev 2011. 296 pp.
- Muidumees. Poiss sai 50 ('The failure. The boy has turned 50'). Tallinn: Tänapäev 2012. 302 pp.
Literature on the author
- Olev Remsu : Missugune on hea kirjandus ?, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 2/1986, pp. 115–117.
- Marika Mikli: Mängust ja mängust väljas, in: Vikerkaar 4/1986, pp. 79–81.
- Mart Susi: Laskemoonata suurtükid, in: Looming 5/1986, pp. 698-700.
- Holger Kaints : Unistus teoks, in: Looming 3/1992, pp. 422-423.
- Piret Kruuspere: «Tsurr! Mina prii! », In: Vikerkaar 11/1992, p. 87.
- Reet crusts: Kool peegli ees, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 12/1992, p. 748.
- Olev Remsu: Keel Lööb keeletuks, in: Looming 12/2011, pp. 1743-1746.
- Artur Kiris: Spordiromaan kui ilukirjanduslik žanr. Magistritöö. Tartu Ülikool 2015 (Estonian master's thesis with English summary: The Sports Novel as a Literary Genre, which also deals with Mihkel Tiks' novel)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eesti Spordi biograafiline leksikon. Koostanud Henn Saarmann, Erlend Teemägi. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2001, p. 681.
- ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, pp. 596-597.
- ↑ Olev Remsu thought the novel was “pretty good”, s. Olev Remsu: Missugune on hea kirjandus ?, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 2/1986, p. 116.
- ↑ Mart Susi sees “banal language” and rows of “style violations”, see: Mart Susi: Laskemoonata suurtükid, in: Looming 5/1986, p. 698.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tiks, Mihkel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian writer, journalist and former basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn |