Peeter Lindsaar

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Peeter Lindsaar (to 1935 Lindseer , * June 29 . Jul / 12. July  1906 greg. In Kuldre, Circle Urvaste ; † 6. November 1990 in Sydney ) was an Estonian writer and journalist.

Life

Peeter Lindsaar attended schools in Vastse-Antsla, Otepää and Valga , where he graduated from high school in 1927. After completing his one-year military service, he stayed in the military and opted for an officer career. In 1931 he graduated from the military academy in Tondi as a lieutenant and was then stationed at various locations. From 1937 to 1941 he was also enrolled at the University of Tartu . After the Sovietization of Estonia, like the entire Estonian military, he was incorporated into the Red Army and initially fought on the Soviet side after the German attack on the Soviet Union . In 1941, however, he deserted near Lake Ilmen and went over to the Wehrmacht , which he served as an interpreter from then on. In 1944 he came to Germany , where he was interned in the American zone of occupation until 1946 . He then lived in secret for a while in his wife's room, who worked at the Ansbach hospital , before the couple moved to the British Occupation Zone in the summer of 1947 and then emigrated to Australia in 1948 .

In Australia, Lindsaar first worked in a military hospital and then worked for several years as the editor of an Estonian magazine. From 1955 until his retirement in 1971 he was employed by the State Library of New South Wales in Sydney.

plant

Lindsaar began his writing career in Germany by taking part in a youth literature competition advertised by the most exiles there in the American zone and receiving third prize in 1948 for the text he submitted. The collection of novels The Old Horse was not published until 1950 in Australia as his debut and first Estonian literary book printed in Australia. The stories contained therein were later compared to Oskar Luts in terms of humor . His most important work is a six-volume story of the Estonian military from 1927 to 1933, cast in the form of a novel, consisting of the novels ... and the soldiers sing [I + II] , men with cords , tender love , the officers and Värska ( 1959–1977), with which he “set a monument to the armed forces of the Republic of Estonia”.

Lindsaar also wrote papers on the Estonian community in exile in Australia and travelogues.

Trivia

Lindsaar was a follower of the Taara belief and his wedding to Leonida Eliaser in 1935 took place in addition to the civil marriage according to the ritual of this belief.

bibliography

  • Vana hobune ('The old horse'). Sydney: Luuamees 1950. 112 pp.
  • Neptune ilmus laevale. Reisukirjeldus ('Neptun ercshein auf dem Schiff. Travel description'). Sydney: Luuamees 1951. 200 pp.
  • Koduküla. Lihtsaid lugusid ja laaste ('home village. Simple stories and miniatures'). Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1954. 303 pp.
  • Üle Austraalia mandri ('Through Australia'). Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1958. 318 pp.
  • ... yes sõdurid laulavad [I] ('... and the soldiers sing [I]') Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1959. 327 p.
  • Eestlased Austraalias ja Uus-Meremaal / Estonians in Australia and New Zealand . Statistiline yes kronoloogiline ülevaade. Sydney: Luuamees 1961. 238 pp.
  • ... yes sõdurid laulavad. Teine köide ('… and the soldiers sing. Second volume'). Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1962. 312 pp.
  • Mardus kiljatas. Usutluste kogu ('Outcry of the Haunted. Interview Collection '). Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1964. 303 pp.
  • Nood valged lilled ('Those White Flowers'). Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1964. 307 pp.
  • Paelamehed ('Men with Cords ') Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1967. 278 pp.
  • Õrn armastus ('tender love'). Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1970. 270 pp.
  • Härrad ohvitserid ('The gentlemen officers'). Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1974. 240 pp.
  • Värska ([place name]). Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1977. 238 pp.
  • Kannatus tea. Usutlustekogu mälestusist (' Path of suffering. Collection of interviews on memoirs'). Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1983. 209 pp.

Literature on the author

  • Raimond Kolk : Lood hobusest, in: Tulimuld 1/1951, pp. 65-67.
  • Helmi Eller: Peeter Lindsaar. Lühimonograafia. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1970. 63 p. (Meie kirjanikke 11)
  • Helmi Eller: Peeter Lindsaare loomingutee, in: Tulimuld 2/1981, pp. 71-80.
  • Eerik Teder: Peeter Lindsaarest ja tema loomingust, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 3/1991, pp. 188–190.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helmi Eller: Peeter Lindsaar. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1970, p. 17.
  2. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, pp. 298-299.
  3. ↑ Helmi Eller: Peeter Lindsaar. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1970, p. 19.
  4. ↑ Eerik Teder: Peeter Lindsaarest ja tema loomingust, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 3/1991, p. 189.
  5. ↑ Helmi Eller: Peeter Lindsaare loomingutee, in: Tulimuld 2/1981, p. 81.
  6. ↑ Helmi Eller: Peeter Lindsaar. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1970, p. 16.
personal data
SURNAME Lindsaar, Peeter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lindseer, Peeter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Kuldre, Urvaste County
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1990
Place of death Sydney