Valeeria Villandi

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Valeeria Villandi (born August 27, 1924 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian poet and translator .

Life

Valeeria Villandi graduated from high school in Tallinn in 1943 and studied Estonian philology at the University of Tartu from 1944 . She completed her degree in 1955 as a distance learning student. During her studies she worked at the Estonian Museum of Literature , later she was literary editor for various magazines. From 1973 to 1991 she worked in the editorial office of Looming .

Valeeria Villandi has been a member of the Estonian Writers' Union since 1950 and lives in Tallinn .

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Villandi made his debut in 1957 and then only submitted two more volumes of poetry and a book of verses for children. Her lyric poetry is more intellectually related to nature and partly refers directly to the political circumstances of the time, as can be seen in the "defiantly bitter" verses of her debut. The main activity of Villandi, however, was editing and translating. She mainly translated from Russian and German, including Heinrich Böll , whom she was the first to translate into Estonian in 1958, which is why she is known as the “importer of the German Nobel Prize winner”, and Erwin Strittmatter .

bibliography

  • Päikese ring ('The Circle of the Sun'). Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus 1957. 120 pp.
  • Kaja. Värsse aastaist 1957–1967 ('Echo. Verses from the years 1957–1967'). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1969. 80 pp.
  • Hüpe homsesse ('leap into the morning', verses for children). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1974. 64 pp.
  • Momentvõtted aegluubis. Luuletused 1968–2015 ('Snapshots in slow motion. Poems 1968–2015'). Koostanud Viire Villandi. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasusutus 2015. 90 pp.

Literature on the author

  • Henn-Kaarel Hellat : Mõttejuured (de jure), in: Keel ja Kirjandus 3/1970, pp. 182–183.
  • Jaan Toomla: Valeeria Villandi tahtpäevaks, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 8/1984, pp. 500–501.
  • Nigol Andresen : Viis luuletuskogu, in: Looming 11/1957, pp. 1750-1753.
  • Arno Oja: Käbilinnu hinehääl, in: Looming 11/2015, pp. 1641–1643.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, p. 675.
  2. ↑ Nigol Andresen: Viis luuletuskogu in: Looming 11/1957, p 1,752th
  3. ↑ Arno Oja: Käbilinnu hinehääl, in: Looming 11/2015, p. 1643.
personal data
SURNAME Villandi, Valeeria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian poet and translator
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn