Friedebert Tuglas short story award
4 appearances
Mats Traat
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Mats Traat
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1936-11-23 （Arula, near Otepää, Estonia）
- Died
- 2022-06-27 （Estonia） age 85
- Nationality
- Estonian
- Languages
- Estonian
Career
- Occupations
- poet, poetry translator, author, singer, actor
- Active Years
- 1962-2022
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Friedebert Tuglas Award for Short Prose | The Cross of Power | — | — | 受賞 |
Friedebert Tuglas Award for Short Prose
Work:
The Cross of Power
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Trees Were, Trees Were Tender Brothers
1979 novelA young protagonist wages a struggle to keep a farm running, something he never desired to do.
rural lifeethical choices
Pasqueflower, Antidote for Sadness
1982 novelCovered the fate of the ancient Livonians... and the problems of rural life during the post-World War II Soviet occupation of Estonia.
LivoniansSoviet occupationrural life
Dance around the Steam Boiler
1971 novelIllustrated the changes in rural life over half a century with five 'dances' with a portable engine.
rural life changesenvironmental destruction
Adaptations
- [film] (1988)
Translations by Author
- Poetry translations from Polish, Macedonian, Czech, and other languages into Estonian
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- social commentarysatire on society's adoration for sciencepraise of nature
- Recurring Motifs
- Estonian rural life developmentsfate of indigenous Estoniansethical choices
Legacy
Estonian poet who published over 20 anthologies of poetry, dealing with social commentary and praise for nature.