Urmas Vadi
Urmas Vadi (born February 28, 1977 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian writer.
Life
Urmas Vadi graduated from high school in Tartu, South Estonia in 1997 . In 2002 he graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical University with a degree in radio direction.
Urmas Vadi made his debut writing plays for children. In 1999 he won the Estonian drama competition as the youngest author to date with his play Varasta veel võõraid karusid (" Steal strange bears!"). He became known to a larger audience in 2000 with his piece Lendav laev ("The Flying Ship"). With the story Kuidas me kõik reas niimoodi läheme (“How we walk one by one”) he received the renowned Friedebert Tuglas Prize in 2011. It was also published in German in 2014. In 2017 he received the Friedebert Tuglas Prize for his novella Auhind ("The Main Prize"), which was also published in German in 2018.
Urmas Vadi is one of the most featured contemporary authors on the Estonian stage today. Vadi mainly works for theater and radio, u. a. as a moderator of literary programs on the public cultural radio Vikerraadio .
Awards
- 2011 Annual Prize of the Eesti Kultuurkapital Foundation (Drama)
- 2011 Friedebert Tuglas Prize
- 2011 Siugjas Sulepea
- 2012 Tallinn University Literature Prize
- 2013 Author of the Year in Estonia
- 2017 Friedebert Tuglas Prize
Works (selection)
- Varasta veel võõraid karusid (drama, 1999)
- Lendav laev (Havi kasul) (drama, 2000)
- Unetute ralli (novellas, 2002)
- Kohtume trompetis! (Drama, 2002)
- Kadunud kosmoses (drama, 2003)
- Elvis oli kapis! (Drama, 2005)
- Georg (musical libretto about the life of Georg Ots , 2005)
- Kohtumine tundmatuga (screenplay, filmed by Jaak Kilmi , 2005)
- Inimene, mängi! (Drama, 2006)
- Tabamata ime (screenplay, 2006)
- Ballet master ja neli rahvavaenlast (drama, 2007)
- Peeter Volkonski viimane suudlus (Drama, 2010)
- Rein Pakk otsib naist (Drama, 2011)
- Minu isa 20 aastat hiljem (Drama, 2011)
- Kuidas me kõik reas niimoodi läheme (story, 2011; German 2014 “How we go one after the other”. In: die horen 255 (2014), pp. 102–111, translated by Wiebke Jürgens )
- Rudolf Allaberdi testament (Drama, 2012)
- Hullumaja suvepäevad Vaino Vahingu ainetel (Drama, 2012)
- Tagasi Eestisse (Drama, 2012)
- Viimane Cauboi (Drama, 2013)
- Nukitsamees 2 (Drama, 2013)
- Auhind (story, 2017; German 2018 "Der Hauptpreis". In: Neue Nordische Novellen VI (2018), translated by Marcel Knorn )
- Neverland ('Neverland'). s. l .: Kolm Tarka 2017. 347 p.
Private life
Urmas Vadi lives in Tartu. He is married and has two children.
literature
- Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature . Berlin, New York 2006 ( ISBN 3-11-018025-1 ), p. 784.
- Kaupo Meiel : The good magician Urmas Vadi, in: Estonian Literary Magazine 37 (autumn 2013), pp. 4-7.
Web links
- Works by Urmas Vadi in the holdings of the Estonian National Library
- Urmas Vadi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.teater.ee/teater_eestis/eesti_autoreid/aid-4267/URMAS-VADI
- ^ Provided on the Estonian Literature Information Center homepage
- ↑ (English) Review in Estonian Literay Magazine 45 (Autumn 2017), pp. 44–45.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vadi, Urmas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn |