Piret Pääsuke

Piret Pääsuke (born December 3, 1959 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian literary translator.

Life

Piret Pääsuke graduated from the German high school Kadriorg in Tallinn in 1978 and studied German and world literature at the University of Tartu . She defended her diploma thesis on translation theory based on the comparative translation analysis German-Estonian in 1984. Since 1987 she has been the editor of literary programs on Estonian radio. She also began translating literary works at the end of the 1980s. Piret Pääsuke has been a member of the literary translators section of the Estonian Writers' Union since 2012 .

Selection of translations into Estonian

• Hermann Hesse : The dream without end (fairy tales, autobiographical). Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 1990.
• Christoph Hein : Napoleon game. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 1994.
• Johannes Mario Simmel : Affair Nina B. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 1995.
• Hera Lind : A man for every key. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 1997.
• Ingrid Noll : The pharmacist. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 2001.
• Ingrid Noll: Red rose. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 2002.
• Martin Suter : The devil of Milan. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 2007.
• Martin Suter: Montecristo. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 2016.
• Julia Franck : The midday woman. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 2009.
• Arthur Schnitzler : Love and Death in Vienna (short stories). Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 2009.
• Leonie Swann : Glennkill. Atlex, Tartu 2009.
• Kathrin Schmidt : You don't die. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 2010.
• Daniel Glattauer : Good against north wind. Varrak, Tallinn 2011.
• Daniel Glattauer: Forever yours. Varrak, Tallinn 2012.
• Pascal Mercier : Night train to Lisbon. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 2012.
• Thomas Hettche : The love of fathers. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 2013.
• Thomas Hettche: Pfaueninsel. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 2016.
• Timur Vermes : He's back. Art, Tallinn 2013.
• David Wagner : Life. Hea Lugu, Tallinn 2014.
• Robert Seethaler : The tobacconist. Varrak, Tallinn 2015.
• Robert Seethaler: A whole life. Hea Lugu, Tallinn 2017.
• Hans Platzgumer : On the edge. Toledo, Tartu 2017.
• Christine Nöstlinger : Konrad or the child from the tin can. Pegasus, Tallinn 2017.
• Gerhart Hauptmann : The heretic of Soana. Phantom. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 2018.
• Erich Kästner : Emil and the detectives. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 2018.
• Daniel Kehlmann : Tyll. Hea Lugu, Tallinn 2019.
• Mirko Bonné : Lights as the day. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 2019.
• Daniel Wisser : Queen of the Mountains. Tänapäev, Tallinn 2019.
• Uwe Laub : Storm. Ühinenud Ajakirjad, Tallinn 2019.
• Bernhard Schlink : Summer lies. Ersen, Tallinn 2020.

Awards

• 2011: Translation award from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture for the translation of the novel “Gut gegen Nordwind” by Daniel Glattauer.
• 2014: Translation award from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture for the translation of the novel "Ewig Dein" by Daniel Glattauer.
• 2016: Translation bonus from the Republic of Austria for the translation of the novel “Der Trafikant” by Robert Seethaler.
• 2017: Translation bonus from the Republic of Austria for the translation of the book "Konrad or The Child from the Can" by Christine Nöstlinger.