{"id":1066,"date":"2024-04-03T23:40:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/raun\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:08:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:08:16","slug":"raun","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/r\/raun\/","title":{"rendered":"Mait Raun"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAbout Mait Raun<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMait Ando Raun (born Mait Hando Raun, 11. IX 1963) is a prose writer.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe was born in Tallinn, his father was Vallo Raun, a journalist and bibliophile. He graduated the University of Tartu with a degree in psychology. He has worked as a researcher, advisor, and journalist, but has been a freelance writer the longest.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tRaun was active in movements and publications dedicated to regaining the independence of Estonia. From 1988, he was one of the leaders of the anti-Soviet enterprise Independent Information Center (S\u00f5ltumatu infokeskus<\/i>); from 1988-1991, he was an editor at the magazine Heinakuu<\/em>; from 1989-1990, an editor at the newspaper Muinsuskaitse Seltsi S\u00f5numid<\/i> (\u2018Estonian Heritage Society News\u2019), the almanac Eesti 2000<\/i> etc.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSince the early 1990s, Raun has been publishing essays and short prose. His first novel Kollane maja <\/i>(\u2018Yellow House\u2019) was published in 1994. He has published literary and culture-themed essays, and political essays and articles in magazines. He has written stories and novels about recent historical events, where the past often mixes with the present.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOne of his most important works is the novel Wake Up<\/i> (1998; afterword written by the renowned Estonian politician and two-time prime minister Mart Laar), in which the author describes his vision of Estonia\u2019s close past in the years 1987-1988.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 1988, Raun received the Essays and Articles Award of Loomin<\/em>g magazine. In the 1994 novel competition by the publishing house Faatum, Raun\u2019s novel Tuline ratas<\/i> (\u2018The Burning Wheel\u2019) was awarded third place.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe has also translated The recollections of the development of my mind and character<\/i> by Charles Darwin into Estonian and a voluminous collection of Upanishads from old Sanskrit. <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tL. P. (Translated by A. A.)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n<\/p>

Books in Estonian<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tRomaanid<\/b><\/em>
Kollane maja<\/strong>. Tallinn: Kupar, 1994, 189 lk.
Kihutas l\u00e4bi \u00f6\u00f6<\/strong>. Tallinn: UMARA, 1996, 152 lk.
Tuline ratas<\/strong>. Tallinn: Faatum, 1996, 310 lk.
Hobused<\/strong>. Tallinn: Kupar, 1998, 114 lk.
Wake up<\/strong>: naiivseid m\u00e4lestusi ajaloost 1987\u20131988. Tallinn: SE&JS, 1998, 406 lk.
Suur Jaan ei ole inimene<\/strong>. Tallinn: MR Piller, 2001, 135 lk.
Vana Aabrami m\u00fcsteerium<\/strong>. Tallinn: MR Piller, 2007, 216 lk.
Doktor M\u00f6\u00f6bi seiklused Inglismaal<\/strong>. Tallinn: MR Piller, 2008, 128 lk.<\/font>
Aet Reintam, Kellahelin<\/strong>. Teksti \u00fcles m\u00e4rkinud kirjanik MR. Tallinn: MR Piller, 2008, 240 lk.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tL\u00fchiproosa<\/b><\/em>
Armastuse lood<\/strong>. Tallinn: Boheem, 1997, 130 lk.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tN\u00e4idendid<\/b><\/em>
Kuningas Arnold<\/strong>: ajalookroonika. Tallinn: Akadeemia Tr\u00fckk, 1999, 95 lk. <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPublitsistika<\/b><\/font><\/em>
\u00d5htumaa pildid<\/strong>: Euroopa kultuuri minevikust ja olevikust. Tallinn: Ajakiri \u201eKultuur ja Elu\u201c, 1993, 32 lk.
Sada s\u00f5na<\/strong>: meie rahva minevik, olevik ja tulevik. Tallinn: Faatum, 1997, 134 lk.<\/font>
Mait Raun ja s\u00f5brad, Kadunud maailm<\/strong> [artiklid]. Tartu: Iseseisvus, 2004, 107 lk.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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