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Mihkel Mutt

ミヘル・ムット

Mihkel Mutt

Aliases: Muti Miki

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1953-02-18 （Tartu）
Nationality
Estonian
Languages
Estonian, English
Residence History
Tartu

Career

Occupations
writer, essayist, columnist, editor, dramatist
Active Years
1971-2024
Affiliations
Sirp, Looming, PEN Estonia, Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Memberships
literary cooperative Kupar, PEN Estonia
Influenced By
Oleg Mutt, Victor Mutt

Education

University of Tartu
philology and journalism
Period: 1971-1976
Year of Graduation: 1976
Country: Estonia

Awards

Tuglas Prize
1981
Category: 最優秀短編小説
Result: 受賞
Tuglas Prize
2007
Category: 最優秀短編小説
Result: 受賞
Virumaa Literature Prize
1994
Work: Rahvusvaheline mees
Category: 最優秀歴史小説
Result: 受賞
Virumaa Literature Prize
2012
Work: Kooparahvas läheb ajalukku
Category: 最優秀歴史小説
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Hiired tuules

1982 novel

Satirical novel set in Soviet-era Estonia.

satiresocial criticism

Fabiani õpilane

1980 stories

Rahvusvaheline mees

1994 novel

Estonia's pursuit for international recognition.

historyinternational relations

Kooparahvas läheb ajalukku

2012 novel

Looks back at the past half a century in Estonia's history.

historysocial change

Bibliography

  • Fabian's Pupil
  • Mice in the Wind
  • Father Frost
  • Three Times to Asia
  • Penguin and Scavenger Cat
  • The International Man
  • Mutt's tabloid
  • Inside-emigrant
  • The Cavemen Chronicle
  • Estonia of the Western World

Translations by Author

  • A. Wesker, T. Stoppard, E. O'Neill, D. Pownall etc.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ironysatiresocio-cultural issues
Recurring Motifs
urban intellectualsmarriage problemsimpact of free-market economy

Legacy

Prominent Estonian writer known for satire and cultural criticism.

Trivia

  • Son of linguist and translator Oleg Mutt.
  • Grandson of military colonel and diplomat Victor Mutt.
  • Married to visual artist Tiina Tammetalu since 1991.