Albert Kivikas

Albert Kivikas (born 6 Januarjul / January 18 1898greg in Suure -Jaani, .. † May 19, 1978 in Lund, Sweden ) was an Estonian writer and journalist.

Life and work

Albert Kivikas was born in Viljandi County in a Weber family. The family moved frequently during his childhood around. Albert Kivikas therefore attended from 1907 to 1913 several schools before he settled down with his mother near Viljandi and trade school attended. In 1916 he moved to the (state ) Commercial School in Tartu, in order to escape during the First World War military conscription service in the Russian army. His teacher in Estonian and French was there, among others, the linguist John Aavik.

In the spring of 1919 Kivikas completed the Commercial School. From the autumn of 1920 Kivikas studied at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Tartu, among others, the psychologist Konstantin Ramul and the writer and literary scholar Gustav Suits. 1922 Kivikas broke off his studies and moved to Berlin as a journalist. In August 1923 he moved back to Estonia. In Tartu he was a freelance writer and journalist down (among other things as a court reporter ). Especially in the 1920s, he was known for his novels, short stories and novels, one of the most widely read Estonian writer.

In 1927 he moved to the capital, Tallinn. At first he was employed by the newspaper Vaba maa as a literary critic before to 1934 he wrote from 1931 at Eesti Päevaleht and from 1935 to 1938 headed the arts editor of the newspaper Uus Eesti. At the same time he worked at the theater. From 1935 to 1938 he was dramaturg at Eesti Draamateater and 1938-1940 at the opera house and concert hall Estonia.

During the German occupation of Estonia Kivikas was from 1941 to 1944 worked at the newspaper Eesti Sõna. At the same time, he was from 1941 to 1943 Chairman of the Estonian Writers' Union ( Eesti Kirjanikkude Liit ). Prior to the Soviet occupation of Estonia Albert Kivikas fled with his family in April 1944 initially to Helsinki, then to Sweden. He was employed there as an archive employee and as an editor at the Estonian newspaper Eesti Post. Died in 1978 Kivikas in exile in Lund.

Work

Albert Kivikas began during his time at the business school as a lyricist. A wider audience, he was with the sonnet Kevadine Külm known, released in 1916 in the timesAnd Sakala under the pseudonym A. Pedaiah. From 1917 prose of him appeared. 1919 appeared under the title Sookaelad a collection of short stories ( under the pseudonym Mart Karus ). Later Kivikas turned more and more to the Futurism. The majority of his work from the mid-1920s but is then assigned to the neorealism. In addition to his journalistic activities Kivikas was as a translator from Russian and German works (including ETA Hoffmann, Georg Ebers, Nikolai Gogol ).

His most famous work Kivikas ' is the 1936 published novel Nimed marmortahvlil ( German The name on the marble slab ). He describes the fate of Estonian young people who are struggling in the Estonian War of Independence ( 1918-1920 ). The novel is based on the personal experiences of the author. The hero of the novel, Henn Ahaz, bears strong autobiographical elements. The book had great success in Estonia and is regarded as the best known literary work on the War of Independence. From Kivikas yet appeared three serialized novels, however, could only appear exile in Sweden (1948, 1951 and 1954). In 2002 the book was made ​​into a film -consuming and was a huge box office success.

Scripture Rare Works (selection)

  • " Ohverdet could " ( short stories, together with Hiir Erni, 1919)
  • " Lendavad sead " (Short Stories 1919)
  • " Sookaelad " ( short stories, 1919)
  • " Mina " (short story, 1920)
  • " Verimust " ( novellas and short stories, 1920)
  • " Maha lüüriline šokolaad! " ( literary manifesto, 1920)
  • " Jüripäev " (novel, 1921)
  • " Nõuandja " (Children's story, 1921)
  • " Lumimemm " (Children's story, 1921)
  • " Verine Väits " ( novella, 1922)
  • " Ristimine tulega " (novel, 1923)
  • " Jaanipäev " (novel, 1924)
  • " Mihklipäev " (novel, 1924)
  • " Murrang " (novel, 1925)
  • " Miniatüürid " ( short stories, 1926)
  • " Süütu " ( novella, 1927)
  • " Punane yes valge " ( short stories, 1927)
  • " Vekslivõltsija " (novel, 1931)
  • " Nimed marmortahvlil " (novel, 1936)
  • " Nimed marmortahvlil " ( Drama, together with Annist August, 1939)
  • " Karuskose " (novel, 1943)
  • " Nimed marmortahvlil II" (novel, 1948)
  • "See on see maa " ( Poem, 1950)
  • " Nimed marmortahvlil III " (novel, 1951)
  • " Nimed marmortahvlil IV" (novel, 1954)
  • " Tulililled " ( short stories, 1957)
  • " Kodukäija " (novel, 1963)

Private life

Albert Kivikas was married twice. He had five sons and one daughter.

Johannes Aavik Valga, Estonia Sakala (newspaper) Integrated Authority File
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