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Kersti Merilaas

ケルスティ・メリラース

Kersti Merilaas

Aliases: Eugenie Moorberg

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1913-12-07 (Narva)
Died
1986-03-08 (Tallinn) age 72
Nationality
Estonian
Languages
Estonian
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Narva → St. Petersburg → Kiltsi → Väike-Maarja → Rakvere → Tapa → Tartu → Tallinn

Career

Occupations
Poet, Translator
Active Years
1935-1986
Affiliations
Estonian Writers' Union
Memberships
Estonian Writers' Union, Arbujad
Influenced By
T. S. Eliot, Ants Oras

Education

Tapa High School
General
Period: 不明
Year of Graduation: 1932
Country: Estonia
High school completion

Awards

Friedebert Tuglas Short Story Award
1976
Work: Eilsete perest
Organization: Estonian Academy of Sciences
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Maantee tuuled

1938 Poetry

Anthology of poetry preoccupied with love and nature.

lovenature

Loomingus

1935 Poetry

Literary debut poetry collection.

Rannapääsuke

1963 Poetry

Bibliography

  • Loomingus (1935)
  • Maantee tuuled (1938)
  • Rannapääsuke (1963)
  • Kevadised koplid (1966)
  • Kuukressid (1969)
  • Antud ja võetud (1981)

Translations by Author

  • Bertolt Brecht works
  • Georg Christoph Lichtenberg works
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe works

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyricalnature-focused
Recurring Motifs
lovenature

Legacy

Prominent Estonian poet and translator, member of the Arbujad group, faced suppression during Soviet era but continued with children's literature.

Trivia

  • Married to writer August Sang.
  • Children include artist Liina Pihlak and poet Joel Sang.