Priit Aimla
Priit Aimla (b. 19. IV 1941) is a humourist, an author of humorous sketches.
Priit Aimla was born in Võru, the son of teachers. He lived the first three years of his life in Võru. From 1948 to 1959 he attended Paide Secondary School. His father was the headmaster of the same school, his mother a mathematics teacher. From 1960 to 1962 and 1965 to 1966 he studied theoretical physics at Tartu State University; the intervening years were spent in the Soviet army. Later he studied English for one year at that university by distance learning.
He has written poetry, libretti and song lyrics. From 1968 to 1988 he was a producer of entertainment programmes on Estonian Radio. For these he translated many humorous stories by Russian authors.
Aimla’s humorous sketches make fun of Soviet conditions and the totalitarian system through absurd comedy. His dialogues have a fast tempo and rich word-play.
He has translated Grigory Gorin’s play Thijl Ulenspiegel and its lyrics into Estonian.
In 1980 Priit Aimla was a signatory of the ‘letter of 40’ denouncing the Russification policy of the Soviet Union.
L. P. (Translated by C. M.)
Books in Estonian
Humorous sketches
Naliaad: humoreskid. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1973
Kahe kuhja vahel: nalja- ja pilkelugusid. Tallinn: Eesti raamat, 1976
Valitud seosed. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1981
Aja viide. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1987
Seitse korda seitse: vemmalvärsse ja proosalist pila. Tallinn: 1990
Imelised aastad: 30 kuud 1987–1990. Tallinn: Olion, 1991
Korjanduskarp. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1991
Seedrioru serenaad, ehk, Kolmandal katsel keset Kanadamaad – seekord pelgalt sõnupidi. Toronto: Muiged, 1991
Ameerika onu: mu esimene eestiaegne kogumik. Toronto: Muiged, 1993
Öösel tehtud. Tallinn: Meelejahutaja, 1994
Aasija astub Euroopasse. Tallinn: Avenarius, 1995
Me käisime seaduste mäel. Tallinn: Riigikogu Kantselei, 2000
Lend üle naljasoone: seltsimeheajastu semude keskelt sõimlevasse sõnavabadusse. Tallinn: Pegasus, 2002
Igal linnul oma laul. Tallinn: Tammerraamat, 2009
Torisev vanatoi. Tartu: A-Disain, 2009
Nüsitud naljad. Tallinn: Tänapäev, 2012
Poetry
Olen rõõmus jonni pärast. Tallinn: P. Aimla, 2019
Miscellaneous
Priit Aimla, Leeni Simm, Eesti keele õpik-lugemik-laulik „Kõll”. Tallinn: Riiklik Eksami- ja Kvalifikatsioonikeskus, 1997.
