Reed Morn
Reed Morn (born August 19, 1898 in Tallinn , † October 17, 1978 in Los Angeles ; actually Frieda Johanna Drewerk ) was an Estonian writer .
life and work
Reed Morn completed her studies in Romance languages and literature in 1924 at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Tartu . She then worked as a teacher. From 1926 she published reviews, short prose, short stories and novels. From 1932 to 1934 she lived in Paris , where she studied at the Sorbonne , and in Spain .
With her first novel Andekas parasiit ("The Gifted Parasite") Reed Morn became known in Estonia in one fell swoop when she won 2nd prize in a prestigious novel competition in 1927. She was the founders of the psychological novel in Estonian literature , which decidedly departed from the realistic direction of the literature of the time. The inner monologues set the style for Morn's work.
With the Soviet occupation of Estonia , Reed Morn fled first to Germany in 1944 and from there eight years later to the USA . In 1955 she settled in Los Angeles. She remained active as a writer even in exile in America. Today, despite some modern reprints, your work has largely been forgotten.
Works (selection)
- Andekas parasiit (novel, 1927)
- Kastreerit elu (novel, 1929)
- Joan of Arc . Prantsusmaa rahvuskangelane. (Monograph, 1935)
- Tee ja tõde (novel, 1956)
literature
- Cornelius Hasselblatt: History of Estonian Literature. Berlin, New York 2006 ( ISBN 3-11-018025-1 ), pp. 489f.
Web links
- Reed Morn and Andekas parasiit ( Aerileht newspaper , May 17, 2008)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 302
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morn, Reed |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Drewerk, Frieda Johanna; Dreverk, Frida Johanna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn , Estonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th October 1978 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California, USA |