Valdur Mikita

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Valdur Mikita (born January 28, 1970 in Rakvere ) is an Estonian semiotic and writer.

Life

Valdur Mikita went into Suislepa in Viljandi County to school and then studied at the Tartu University biology. After graduating there (1992), he specialized in semiotics . In this field he made his master's degree in 1994 and his doctorate in 2000 . After that he worked both as a lecturer and in marketing.

Literary work

Mikita's lyrical and essayistic work lies at the interface between semiotics and literature. Even in the reviews of his debut it was stated that it was difficult to classify, which is why Mikita's texts were given " avant-garde properties" and a "manifesto-like framework". They have also been referred to as "absurd Dadaist language games". The later works deal primarily with the identity of the Estonians and have at times been compared with the work of Lennart Meri . In a relaxed essayistic style, the author tries to find “a lasting myth of its own for Estonia” by “trying to combine the various mythogeographical spaces that played a role in our identification.” Although his works also meet with criticism, the verdict is of fellow writer Andrus Kivirähk : “Of course someone who wants to criticize Mikita's theories can find a lot of inconsistencies, [...] but why? What Mikita writes is primarily a myth - and myths are not criticized. […] And you shouldn't take myths too seriously, otherwise they will become fixed ideas and an official religion. "

German translations

The poem “Destructive Side” from the volume Wandering into the Kingdom of Jumping Jackets was published in German translation in Estonia 2004, pp. 60–63. It is a kind of “multi-sensory” poem, in which you have to lend a hand by working on the page, for example by folding it or piercing it or the like.

Example of an executed "Destructive Page"

Awards

bibliography

  • Äparduse rõõm. Keele- ja kultuurimänge ('joy in failure. Language and culture games'). Tartu: sn 2000. 167 pp.
  • Rännak impampluule riiki ('Hike into the realm of jumping jacks '). Tallinn: sn 2001. 148 pp.
  • Metsik lingvistika. Sosinaid kartulikummardajate külast ('Wild linguistics. Whispers from the village of the potato- bucker '). Tallinn: Grenader 2008. 128 pp.
  • Teoreem ('Theorem'). s. l .: Hm OÜ 2011. 127 p.
  • Lingvistiline mets. Tsibi harematic paradigm, teadvuse kiirendi. ('The linguistic forest. The paradigm of the wagtail, accelerator of consciousness') Välgi metsad: Grenader 2013. 240 pp.
  • Lindvistika ehk metsa see lingvistika ('Birdistics or in the forest with linguistics'). Välgi metsad. 2015. 236 pp.

literature

  • Sven Vabar: Autobiograafiline raamat, mida ei tohiks olemas olla, in Looming 3/2002, pp. 461-463.
  • Hasso Krull : "Vaikus, mille keskpunkt asub pöidlas": Valdur Mikita impamppoeetika, in: Vikerkaar 4/2002, pp. 85-90.
  • Valdur Mikita / Sven Vabar: Valdur Mikita tontlikud kataloogid, in: Looming 5/2002, pp. 755–762.
  • Aare Pilv : Sünesteesia ehk Paabeli-eelne keel. Pseudoteoloogiline Mikita-tõlgendus, in: Vikerkaar 10-11 / 2006, pp. 155–161.
  • Salmo Salar: Mikita homöopaatiline käsiapteek, in: Vikerkaar 10-11 / 2008, pp. 197-201.
  • Berk Vaher : Suurväike Mikita. Ulmad, krutsikud ja nukrusjõud, in: Vikerkaar 6/2012, pp. 107–114.
  • Hasso Krull: Lugu mehest, kes kukkus oma sokiauku, in Vikerkaar 10-11 / 2013, pp. 151–163.
  • Ene Vainik: Mine metsa !, in Keel ja Kirjandus 2/2014, pp. 144–148.
  • Andrus Kivirähk: Talupojad tantsivad, prillid ees, in: Vikerkaar 3/2016, pp. 108–110.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hatred Krull: "Vaikus, mille keskpunkt asub pöidlas" Valdur Mikita impamppoeetika in: Vikerkaar 4/2002, p 88, 89th
  2. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Berlin, New York: De Gruyter 2006, p. 792.
  3. ↑ Ene Vainik: Mine metsa !, in Keel ja Kirjandus 2/2014, p. 144.
  4. ↑ Andrus Kivirähk: Talupojad tantsivad, prillid ees, in: Vikerkaar 3/2016, S. 110th
  5. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt: History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Berlin, New York: De Gruyter 2006, p. 718.
personal data
SURNAME Mikita, Valdur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian semiotic and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Rakvere