Oskar Luts
Oskar Luts ( born December 26 1886jul / January 7 1887greg in Järvepera, now the town Palamuse / Estonia, .. † 23 March 1953 Tartu ) was an Estonian writer.
Curriculum vitae
Oskar Luts attended the village school from 1894 Änkküla and then from 1895 to 1899 the parish school of Palamuse. From 1899 to 1902 he went to the junior high school ( Reaalkool ) in Tartu. From 1903 he learned as an apprentice pharmacist in Tartu and Narva, 1908 in Tallinn and St. Petersburg. From 1911 to 1914 Luts studied pharmacy at the University of Tartu. He participated as a pharmacist in the First World War. 1919/20, he was a member of the Tartu University Library and booksellers. From 1922 he finally settled down as a freelance writer in Tartu.
Oskar Luts ' brother was the Estonian film director Theodor Luts ( 1896-1980 ).
Literary work
Oskar Luts was one of Estonia's most popular writers. Even his early realistic comedies Paunvere, Kapsapea and Ärimehed (all published in 1913 ) were successes.
His breakthrough achieved by the Own Memories school novel Kevade ( 2 volumes, 1912/13 ) and the subsequent narratives Suvi ( 2 volumes, 1918/19 ), Tootsi pulm ( 1921), Argipäev (1924 ) and Sügis (1938, 2nd band- 1988). The characters of the novels are the best known and most popular figures of Estonian literature. The film adaptations of the books belong to the most successful Estonian films of all time.
Sentimental naturalism are also many other works of Luts, who was one of the most prolific writers of his time. Psychologically embossed youth studies are Andrese elukäik (1923 ), Õpilane Valter (1927) and Väino Lehtmetsa noorpõlv (1935 ). Melodramatischere, moral exemplary prose works include the Iiling (1924 ), Olga Nukrus (1926 ), udu (1928) and Pankrott ( 1929). Tragicomic and grotesque elements shape the narratives Tagahoovis (1933 ) and Vaikne nurgake (1934 ).
Between 1930 and 1941 published Luts his 13 -volume memoir. He was also the author of numerous feuilletonistischer contributions Plays ( Ülemiste vanake, 1919), Stories for children ( Nukitsamees and Inderlin, both 1920), as well as translations from Russian.