Nikolai Baturin

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Nikolai Baturin (born August 5, 1936 in the village of Suislepa , today Tarvastu rural community , Viljandi County , Estonia ; † May 16, 2019 ) was an Estonian writer .

life and work

After school, Nikolai Baturin attended both an agricultural academy and a maritime school. He then went to sea on a warship for five years. He then worked for a geological expedition in Siberia for six years .

Nikolai Baturin made his debut in 1968 with poems under the title Maa-alused järved ("Underground Rivers"). He wrote in both Estonian and the South Estonian dialect Mulgi . Baturin thus continued the long tradition of Estonian poetry in the dialect of southern Estonia. He had been a member of the Estonian Writers' Union since 1973 .

Baturin's main theme is the relationship between man and nature. During the Soviet Union , he spent every summer as a professional hunter in Siberia for fifteen years . His books deal, for example, with the life of a hunter in the taiga and becoming one with nature. Baturin's novel Karu süda (“The Heart of the Bear”) tells of Siberia and the original Samoyed population . The book was made into a film by Arvo Iho in 2001 .

Novels

  • Leiud kajast (1977)
  • Karu süda (1989)
  • Kartlik Nikas, lõvilakkade kammija: lapsepõlvemartüürium (1993)
  • Ringi vangid (1996)
  • Apokalüpsis Anno Domini (1997)
  • Centaur (2003)
  • Sõnajalg kivis (2006)

Poetry anthologies

  • Maa-alused järved: luuletusi 1963-1967 (1968)
  • Väljadelt ja väljakutelt (1972)
  • Kajokurelend: luuletusi mulgi murden (1975)
  • Galerii (1977)
  • Lüürakala (1978)
  • Poolusevaikus. Vaikusepoolus. Talvitus luuletusi 1979–1980 (1980)
  • Sinivald: luuletuse mulgi murden, 1963–1983 (1990)

Scripts

  • Suvetuisud (1992)
  • Karu süda (1993)
  • Mõrv majakal (1994)
  • Kartlik Nikas, lõvilakkade kammija (1999)

Plays

  • Teemandirada (1986)
  • Kummitus, Kummutis (1993)

Awards

Web links

  • Nikolai Baturin. Author's website, archived from the original on September 15, 2010 (Estonian).;
  • Nikolai Baturin. In: Estonian Literature Information Center. (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Suri Nikolai Baturin. In: Postimees . May 17, 2019, accessed May 18, 2019 (Estonian, obituary).
  2. ^ Valner Valme: Suri Nikolai Baturin. In: Eesti Rahvusringhääling . May 17, 2019, accessed May 18, 2019 (Estonian, obituary).
personal data
SURNAME Baturin, Nikolai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer, poet and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Suislepa village, today Tarvastu rural parish , Viljandi County , Estonia
DATE OF DEATH 16th May 2019