Kersti Merilaas

Kersti Merilaas (born 24 Novemberjul / December 7 1913greg in Narva, .. † March 8, 1986 in Tallinn) was an Estonian poet and translator. She also wrote poetry and prose for children and plays.

Life and work

Kersti Merilaas was born Eugenia Moorberg shortly before the outbreak of the First World War. She spent her childhood in St. Petersburg. 1917 returned her mother Anna Moorberg because of revolutionary turmoil in Russia with her two children back to Estonia. From 1921 to 1927 she attended school in Kiltsi, then in Väike- Maarja and in Rakvere. In 1932 she graduated from high school in Tapa. After school, she slapped his various works in Estonia by.

Kersti Merilaas married in 1936 the Estonian writer and translator August Sang ( 1914-1969 ). Their son is the poet Joel Sang ( b. 1950 ).

From 1936 lived Kersti Merilaas in Tartu, where she worked as a librarian. In 1935 she made ​​her debut with poems under the title Loomingus. She joined the literary group Arbujad ( German about shamans ) to. In 1938 she became famous with her first poetry anthology maantee tuuled. Especially her lyrical preoccupation with love and nature was very popular. In 1938 she joined the Estonian Writers' Union and worked as a freelance writer.

After the Soviet occupation of Estonia in 1944 it fell to the authorities for alleged " bourgeois nationalism " into disrepute. In 1950, she was removed from the Soviet Writers' Union of Estonia. During this time she pulled back on the writing of children's literature. Only in 1960 she was able to develop more freely again under Soviet censorship.

In addition to poetry and prose Kersti Merilaas wrote libretti for three operas by Gustav Ernesaks and was translator from German, including the works of Brecht, Lichtenberg and Goethe.

Works (selection)

Poetry anthologies

  • " Maantee tuuled " (1938 )
  • " Rannapääsuke " (1963)
  • " Kevadised koplid " (1966)
  • " Kuukressid " (Selection collection, 1969)
  • " Antud yes võetud " (1981)

Children's Books

  • " Munapühad " (1940 )
  • " Kallis kodu " ( collection of poems, 1944)
  • " Päikese paistel " ( collection of poems, 1948)
  • " Turvas " (1950)
  • " Veskilaul " (1959)
  • " Lugu mustast yes valgest " (1962)
  • " Lumest lumeni " (1982)
  • " Kui Vanaema noor oli " ( poem anthology, 1983)
  • " Kindakiri -. Варежки " ( poem in Estonian and Russian, 1986)
  • " Siit siiani. Piksepill " ( collection of poems, 1989)

Plays

  • " Kaks viimast rida " (1973)
  • " Pilli - Tiidu " (1974)
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