Mart Raud
Mart Raud (actually Martin Raud, born September 14, 1903 in Laanekuru, today rural community Pärsti / Estonia, † July 6, 1980 in Tallinn ) was an Estonian writer, poet and playwright.
Life and work
Mart Raud attended the village school in Heimtali (now Pärsti rural community ), and the parish schools in Paistu and Viljandi. Later he heard regularly at the University of Tartu lectures in literature.
Mart Raud debuted in 1919 as a lyricist. In 1924 he earned writing for a living. His first two poetry anthologies Kangastused (1924 ) and Äitsmik (1925 ) and mainly included dialect poems from his homeland, the Viljandi County in the local dialect Mulgi. In the collection of poems Rusemed (1927 ) Mart Raud stands out with grotesque images. He turned at this time, more and more social and societal questions about. In the 1920s, he also published short fiction. As a continuation novels were published in Estonian newspapers Metsa Manni (1924 ) and Uued inimesed (1925 ).
In the 1920s, Raud the literary movement Arbujad joined ( German about shamans ). After the Soviet occupation of Estonia in 1940, he was, however, loyal to the new rulers and distanced himself from his earlier literary companions, many of whom were deported to Siberia.
During and after the Second World War his communist- heroic poetry collections Sõjasõna (1943) and appeared Joud yes valgus (1948 ). Both are characterized by a life-affirming message. Since the 1960s, ideas about the country and people were the focus of his work. Both the problems of the individual and the humanity moved more and more into the center of his poetry. In addition, Raud wrote poems in an ironic tone with a sense of wit and humor as well as epigrams and acrostics. Also, as a literary critic to Raud made a name.
Mart Raud now lies buried in the Forest Cemetery in Tallinn
Private life
Mart Raud was the father of the Estonian writer Eno Raud (1928-1996) and textile artist Anu Raud (* 1943). Mart Raud married in 1941, the Estonian Anglistin and translator Valda Raud (born Aaviste, * 1920).