554 Pages
by
Central European University Press
After a short period of independence, Estonia was occupied in World War II by the Red Army, then Nazi Germany, and again, for a lasting occupation, by the Soviets. No wonder that a greater part of the roughly one million Estonians had harshly eventful lives. This anthology contains 25 selected life stories collected from Estonians who lived through the tribulations of the 20th century, and... Read more
Preface by Rutt Hinrikus, Introduction by Tiina Kirss and Jüri Kivimäe, Hilja Lill (1905), Tuuli Jaik (1910), Elmar- Raimund Ruben ( 1918), David Abramson (1923), Evald Mätas (1921), Heljut Kapral (1923), Hans Karro (1923), Hillar Tassa (1923), Leida Madison (1925), Valter Lehtla (1924), Linda Põldes (1928), Tanni Kents (1920), Hans Lebert (1924), Voodel Võrk (1925), Peep Vunder (1936), Selma Tasane (1926), Asta Luksepp (1932), Heljo Liitoja (1923), Juta Pihlamägi (1927), Volita Paklar (1937), Raimo Loo (1929), Aili Valdrand (1936), Valdur Raudvassar (1939), Ene Ergma (1944), Tiia Allas (1973), Glossary< index of Places, Index of Proper Names, Chronology
Biography
Tiina Kirss is professor of Estonian literature at the University of Tartu. She received her PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Michigan (1994). Her primary research interests are 20th century comparative European literary history, autobiography and life histories, oral history, Siberian deportations in the Baltics, trauma theory, feminist theory etc.
Rutt Hinrikus, head of the Estonian Life Histories Association. Her main research fields are 20th century Estonian literature, Estonian life stories, and Estonian literature in exile.
