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Madis Kõiv

マディス・クイヴ

Madis Kõiv

Pen Names: Jaanus Andreus Nooremb(Pseudonym used during his playwright period)

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1929-12-05 (Tartu)
Died
2014-09-24 (Tartu) age 85
Nationality
Estonian
Languages
Estonian
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Tartu, Estonia

Career

Occupations
Writer, Philosopher, Physicist
Active Years
1953-2014

Education

University of Tartu
Faculty of Science / Nuclear Physics
Degree: 学位
Period: 1940年代後半-1950年代初頭
Year of Graduation: 1952
Country: Estonia
Attended school in Tartu after WWII, graduated early 1950s with nuclear physics degree

Awards

Friedebert Tuglas Short Story Award
1991
Work: Film
Category: 短編小説
Organization: Estonian Literary Award Committee
Result: 受賞
Friedebert Tuglas Short Story Award
1993
Work: The Life of an Eternal Physicus
Category: 短編小説
Organization: Estonian Literary Award Committee
Result: 受賞
Annual Estonian Literary Award
1991
Work: The Meeting
Organization: Estonian Cultural Endowment
Result: 受賞
Annual Estonian Literary Award
1995
Work: The Philosopher's Day / Return to Father
Organization: Estonian Cultural Endowment
Result: 受賞
Annual Estonian Literary Award
1999
Work: Scenes From the Hundred Years' War
Organization: Estonian Cultural Endowment
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Küüni täitmine (Filling the Hay Barn)

1978 Play

First published play, collaboration with Hando Runnel

Literary entertainment

Faehlmann. Keskpäev. Õhtuselgus. (Faehlmann. Noon. Evening Clarity.)

Play

Co-written with Vaino Vahing

Endspiel. Laskumine orgu. (Endspiel. Descent into the Valley.)

Dialogue novel

Dialogue novel co-written with Vaino Vahing

Widow

Novel

One of his best-known novels

Aporia of Attica, Tragedy of Elea

Novel

One of his best-known novels

Aken

1996 Novel

Written in 1960s, published in 1996 after Soviet censorship

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Analytical philosophical style
Recurring Motifs
Introspection

Legacy

Important Estonian playwright, novelist, and philosopher, proponent of analytical philosophy.