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Lauri Pilter

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Lauri Pilter

Aliases: Larats Pilter

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1971-10-15 (Tallinn)
Nationality
Estonian
Languages
Estonian
Residence History
Tallinn → Tartu

Career

Occupations
writer, translator, literary scientist
Active Years
2004-2024
Influenced By
William Faulkner, Cormac McCarthy, Philip Roth, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain

Education

Tartu University
Literature
Degree: Master's
Year of Graduation: 2004
Country: Estonia
Master's thesis: Southern Gothic: The Development of the Depiction of Violence and Spiritual Degeneration in the Works of William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy
Tartu University
Literature
Degree: PhD (in progress)
Country: Estonia
PhD student

Awards

Friedebert Tuglas award for literature
2004
Work: The Double
Category: short story
Result: winner
Betti Alver award
2004
Work: Lohejas pilv (A Dragonish Cloud)
Category: best first novel
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Double

2004 short story

Lohejas pilv (A Dragonish Cloud)

2004 novel

Translations by Author

  • Two novels by Philip Roth
  • The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy
  • Chapter 'Waiting for Glory' from The Web and the Rock and The Lost Boy by Thomas Wolfe
  • Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain