Ain Kaalep

Ain Kaalep ( born June 4, 1926 in Tartu ) is an Estonian writer, poet, translator, literary critic and literary theorist.

Life

Ain Kaalep comes from a family of intellectuals. He graduated from the prestigious Hugo Treffner school during the Second World War. He then joined the Finnish army and fought in 1944 in the German military against the advancing Red Army. Later he spent some time in Soviet captivity. In Tartu he studied until 1956 Finno-Ugric studies at the University of Tartu. He then worked as a translator and freelance writer. In 1984 he was named after Juhan Liiv Poetry Prize. From 1989 to 2001 Ain Kaalep was editor in chief of the Estonian cultural magazine Akadeemia.

Works (selection)

• " Aomaastikud " (1962)
• " Samarkandi vihik " ( collection of poems, 1962)
• " Iidamast yes Aadamast ehk Antimantikulaator " (Drama, 1967)
• " Järvemaastikud " ( collection of poems, 1968)
• " Mae veri ( Totomauna )" ( drama, 1970)
• " Klaasmaastikud " (1971)
• " Paani surm yes teisi luuletusi " (1976)
• " Peegelmaastikud " ( anthology of his translation work, Volume I, 1976, Volume II, 1980)
• " Kuldne Aphrodite yes teisi luuletusi " ( collection of poems, 1986)
• " Maavallast yes maailmakirjandusest " (literary criticism and essays, 1984)
• " Minu silmad yes sinu silmad " (Drama, 1965)
• " Kolm Lydiat " (1997)
• " Haukamaa laulu ' " (1999)

In addition, numerous translation, especially poetry, including from German, Spanish and French, but also from languages ​​such as Armenian and Uzbek. Ain Kaalep is known for his translations into Estonian of the works of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Friedrich Schiller, Jakob Wassermann, Bertolt Brecht and Max Frisch.