Otto Münther

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Otto Münther

Otto Münther (born July 25 . Jul / 6. August  1864 greg. In Kuksema , järva county ; † 19th February 1929 in Alupere , Tamsalu ) was an Estonian writer and critic.

Life

Münther graduated from the parish school in Ambla in 1881 and got by as a casual worker from 1884 to 1889 and traveled a.o. a. in the Crimea . From 1889 to 1894 he attended the Hugo-Treffner-Gymnasium in Tartu , after which he went to study in Germany. He studied at the Agricultural Institute in Berlin and at the Forest Academy in Eberswalde , which he graduated with a candidate degree in 1897.

From 1898 to 1900 Münther was a teacher at the Hugo-Treffner-Gymnasium, then from 1901 to 1905 an editor at Teataja in Tallinn . When the newspaper was closed as a result of the revolution of 1905 , Münther also preferred to leave the country because he feared reprisals. From 1906 to 1910 was in Samara at an agricultural school, then in Astrakhan and seven years in Uman , Ukraine . After the February Revolution in 1917 , he returned to Estonia. In independent Estonia, Münther was then on the school service in Rakvere and Kõljala on Saaremaa . He retired in 1925.

Literary work

Münther made his debut at the end of the 19th century with travelogues that he sent to Estonian newspapers from his hikes in the Crimea. His only collection of novels (1906) contains critical-realistic life images from everyday life. Since Münther was politically influenced by social democracy and Marxism , Stalinist literary criticism was later able to describe him as a “forerunner of proletarian literature” and a “pioneer of socialist art”.

Mainly, however, Münther concentrated on literary criticism and dealt with Western European and Russian literature. This showed u. a. the influence of the literary historical work of Georg Brandes . On the other hand, he also appeared as a severe critic of Noor-Eesti .

bibliography

  • Sulejoonistused ('pen drawings'). Tartu: K. Sööt 1906. 150 pp.

Literature on the author

  • Karl Eduard Sööt , Oskar Urgart: Jooni OH Münther'i elust ja tegevusest, in Eesti Kirjandus 1929, pp. 461-470.
  • Oskar Kuningas: Ühiskonnakriitilisi motiive Otto Müntheri kodukoha-ainelistes novellides, in: Looming 4/1949, pp. 476-484.
  • Joosep Saat: Kirjanik O. Müntheri viimase ajajärgu töödest, in Looming 11/1958, pp. 1746-1748.
  • K. Laigna: Ühes lõigust O. Müntheri publitsistikas, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 8/1962, pp. 454–460.
  • Malle Suurväli: Otto Müntheri mõtteavaldusi (Väljavõtteid kirjadest H. Õiglasele), in Keel ja Kirjandus 8/1964, pp. 486–490.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, p. 364.
  2. ↑ Oskar Kuningas: Ühiskonnakriitilisi motiive Otto Müntheri kodukoha-ainelistes novellides, in: Looming 4/1949, pp. 476, 484.
  3. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt: History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Berlin, New York: De Gruyter 2006, p. 405.
personal data
SURNAME Münther, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer and critic
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Kuksema , Järva County
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 1929
Place of death Alupere , Tamsalu