Hendrik Eichenbaum
Hendrik Eichenbaum (6. I 1925 – 30. XII 2007) was an exile Estonian writer who resided in Canada.
He was born in Tõrva and during World War II, graduated Tõrva gymnasium. After fleeing to Sweden, he continued his studies at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, graduated as an engineer and worked at a construction company in Malmö. In 1953, his family emigrated even further from home, resettling in Niagara Falls, Canada. In addition to working as an engineer and despite his age, Eichenbaum undertook new studies at Concordia Lutheran Seminary, which he graduated in 1990 with a master’s degree in theology.
Eichenbaum wrote poems and children’s stories, financing the publishing of his novels himself and also illustrating some of them. He wrote stories on the revolution of 1905-1907. He was also interested in family tree studies and the fate of people from Mulgimaa, which led him to publish the book Päralejõudmised: ühe Mulgimaa perekonna elusaatus Eesti Vabariigi sünniajastul XX sajandi alguses (‘Arrivals: The Fate of One Mulgimaa Family During the Birth of the Estonian Republic in Early XX Century’). With his wife and sister-in-law, he compiled the book Ida Aasamäe elujõu allikail (‘On the Source of Ida Aasamäe’s Vitality’), which is about his wife’s mother from Mulgimaa, whose vitality and energy did not falter even during her Siberia years.
L. P. (Translated by A. S.)
Books in Estonian
Poems
Mäletan oma isa ja ema. Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 1969. 46 lk.
Südamest sõnasse. Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 2003. 60 lk.
Stories
Üksinda kodus. Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 1999. 28 lk.
Üksinda pimeduses. Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 1999. 18 lk.
Üksinda sadamas. Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 1999. 18 lk.
Üksinda võõrsil. Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 1999. 13 lk.
Ühe vana talumaja saladused. Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 2000. 356 lk.
Teeline, kus on sinu kodu? Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 2004. 184 lk.
Drama
Ülemiste vetevood. Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 2000. 29 lk.
Local history
Ida Aasamäe elujõu allikail. Koostanud Aime Aasamäe, Ellen Aasamäe-Eichenbaum, Hendrik Eichenbaum. Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 2001. 286 lk.
Päralejõudmised: ühe Mulgimaa perekonna elusaatus Eesti Vabariigi sünniajastul XX sajandi alguses. Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 2005. 299 lk.
Lühike ülevaade: ühe Eesti sugukonna kujunemisest kolme sajandi kestel. Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 2005. 44 lk.
Memoirs
Eesti: … su õhust, su veest ja su mullast… Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 1992. 144 lk.
Eesti: … näed sa ju uuesti elu algust! Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 1994. 211 lk.
Eesti: … su lapsed nagu eksind linnud… Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 1994. 175 lk.
Eesti… ei sinuta olla saa… Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 1996. 287 lk.
Aegumatu päranduse tähistel. Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 2003. 223 lk.
Enne ja nüüd. Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 2007. 131 lk.
Theology
Konfirmatsioon: lühike ülevaade luteriusu põhialustest ja selle inglisekeelne versioon. Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 1998. 501 lk.
Luteriusulised doktriinid: „Kristus – inimene ja Jumal“ ning „Kristlikud sakramendid“: ülevaade ja arutlusi. Niagara Falls: H. Eichenbaum, 2001. 36 lk.
