Friedebert Tuglas short story award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1975) Winner
Uno Laht
ウノ・ラフト
Uno Laht
Aliases:
Onu Thal
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1924-04-30 （Valga, Estonia）
- Died
- 2008-09-24 （Tallinn） age 84
- Nationality
- Estonian
- Languages
- Estonian
- Residence History
- Tallinn, Estonia
Career
- Occupations
- writer, poet, NKVD (later KGB) officer
- Active Years
- 1954-2008
- Affiliations
- USSR Union of Writers
- Memberships
- USSR Union of Writers
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Tuglas Prize | We Good Fellows All Over the Earth | — | Estonian Writers' Union | winner |
Tuglas Prize
1975
Work:
We Good Fellows All Over the Earth
Organization:
Estonian Writers' Union
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Piimahambad (Milk Teeth)
1954 satirical poetryPoetry collection satirizing everyday Soviet life
Soviet lifebureaucracycollective farms
Piimahambad (plombeeritud) (Milk Teeth, Filled)
1956 satirical poetryRevised version of Milk Teeth, continuing Soviet satire
Soviet lifecultural restrictions
We Good Fellows All Over the Earth
1975 short storyStory about good fellows all over the earth
fellowshipSoviet society
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- humorous satireeveryday life depiction
- Recurring Motifs
- Soviet bureaucracyshock troopscultural restrictions
Health
-
lengthy illness晩年Led to his death
Legacy
Known for satirizing Soviet life in poetry, changed political views after Estonian independence
Trivia
- Used the palindromic pseudonym Onu Thal
- NKVD officer involved in 1940s arrests and deportations