Priit Kruus

Priit Kruus (born December 3, 1981 in Tallinn ; † November 25, 2018 there ) was an Estonian literary scholar and writer .

life and work

Priit Kruus graduated from high school in Saue in 2000 and then studied Estonian philology with a focus on literature at the University of Tartu . After his master's (2007) he moved to the Tallinn University , where he in June 2018 with a thesis on Estonian avant-garde to Dr. phil. received his doctorate. Since 2014 he has been a lecturer in literature at Tallinn University.

Kruus was editor of the literary magazine Vihik and wrote literary textbooks for elementary schools. His research focus was on contemporary Estonian literature and recent developments since the Singing Revolution in Estonia. In particular, he devoted himself to postmodern and literary groups.

His own literary debut in the volume copy was praised as "easy to read, dynamic and engaging" youth narrative.

bibliography

Literary

• (together with Mia Leite and Hedda Maurer) Koopia ('copy'). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2002. 256 pp.
• Ring ümber teiste ('One circle around the others'). sl:! peatus 2002. 76 pp.

Literary studies

• Cloaac. Suurenev auk, in: Vihik 4/2003, pp. 73-78.
• Future Classics. How should freedom be used ?, in: Estonian Literary Magazine 20, 2005, pp. 4-13.
• Vaikne avangard. Rühmituste laine 1996–2002: modernismist postmodernismi, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 5/2010, pp. 353–369.
• Noored ja kirjandus, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 12/2010, pp. 920–930.
• Vaikne avangard. Eesti noorkirjanike rühmituste laine yes uue meedia kooslused: erakkonnast ZA / UM-ini. Tallinn: Tallinna Ülikool 2018. 170 pp.

Literature on the author

• Ilona Martson: Nooruse asemel, in: Vikerkaar 4/2002, pp. 96-98.
• Fagira D. Morti : Kasvuraskuste kroonikad, in: Looming 8/2002, pp. 1262-1266.
• Berk Vaher : Poiste sõidud, in: Vikerkaar 6/2003, pp. 110–113.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary (Estonian)
2. ↑ Fagira D. Morti: kroonikad Kasvuraskuste in: Looming 8/2002, p 1264th