Ralf Parve

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Ralf Parve (born June 25, 1919 in Rakvere , † April 29, 2011 in Tallinn-Nõmme ) was an Estonian writer.

Life

Ralf Parve graduated from high school in Tallinn in 1938 . He then worked as a journalist from 1938 to 1941. As early as 1937 he made his debut as a writer with prose literature .

During the Second World War Parve fought in the Estonian Rifle Association, an Estonian-Soviet unit of the Red Army . In 1945 he joined the Estonian Writers' Union. There he headed the department for children's and youth literature.

From 1944 to 1951 Parve worked again as a journalist before devoting himself entirely to writing prose, poetry and drama . In addition, he wrote numerous columnist articles, translated (including from the German Hölderlin , Weerth and Heine ) and authored literary articles. While Parve's works were also characterized by Soviet pathos in the 1940s and 50s, in later years they were shaped by a generally humanistic attitude.

Parve's entertaining travelogues, which he wrote together with his wife, the Estonian writer Lilli Promet (1922–2007), also became known. Both sons were the Estonian journalist, historian and politician Ralf R. Parve (1946-2008), who was a member of the Estonian Parliament ( Riigikogu ) from 1992 to 1995 .

In 1959 Parve was awarded the Honored Writer of the Estonian SSR . In 1969 he received the State Prize of the Estonian SSR for the poetry selection collection Tuulenooled .

From 1947 to 1989 Parve was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU).

Works (selection)

Poetry collections

  • Sõduri südamest (1945)
  • Ajast karmist, kaunist ja kallist (1946)
  • Võitluspostil (1950)
  • Vabadussamba vari (1953)
  • Avatud värav (1958)
  • Lüüriline shorthand (1964)
  • Tuulenooled (1969)
  • Õnnevalu (1979)
  • Kõik kulgeb iseenda kaudu (1989)

Children's books

  • Tuul puhub lippudes (1956)
  • Lastevärsse (1966)
  • On inimesi erinimelisi (1984)

prose

  • Põranda all (1957)
  • Surmasuus (1973)

Journalism

  • Mõttematkad (1963)
  • Kiindumused (1972)

Plays

  • Seitsmemagajapäeval (1964)
  • Pimedus tähendab ööd (1971)

Columns

  • Sassa Melderi kõned (1970)

Literary studies

  • August All (1960)
  • August All Yes Teised (1983)
  • Aastate Astmeilen (1988)

Travel descriptions (together with Lilli Promet)

  • 3x pakitud kohver (1958)
  • Kohtumine Marianne'iga (1963)
  • 7 kirja poolast (1965)
  • Kahekesi teel (1975)

Secondary literature

  • Cornelius Hasselblatt: History of Estonian Literature. Berlin, New York 2006 ( ISBN 3-11-018025-1 ), pp. 527, 536, 561, 595

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary (Estonian)
  2. ↑ Suri kirjanik Ralf Parve Nõmme Sõnumid from May 3, 2011, Estonian, viewed May 6, 2011
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.estonica.org
  4. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt: History of Estonian Literature . Berlin, New York 2006, p. 595.
  5. ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 361
personal data
SURNAME Parve, Ralf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Rakvere
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 2011
Place of death Tallinn Nõmme