{"id":1089,"date":"2024-04-03T23:40:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/lembituustulnd\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T22:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:41:08","slug":"lembituustulnd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/u\/lembituustulnd\/","title":{"rendered":"Lembit Uustulnd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Novels<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> \"Lembit<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Lembit Uustulnd (born 25 July 1952) is a writer and sea captain.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uustulnd was born in Saaremaa Island. His father Albert Uustulnd is also a writer and seaman, his mother \u2013 head of a school. Following his father, Uustulnd wanted to become a seaman and studied at Admiral Makarov Maritime Academy in Leningrad. His life at sea has lasted for half a century, 35 years of which he worked as a captain. Having begun as a seaman on fishing vessels, he later became a passenger ship captain. Lembit Uustulnd has been a member of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union from 2007.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uustulnd achieved recognition as a writer with his first novel Kiikhobune Antverpenist<\/em> (\u2018Rocking Horse from Antverp\u2019, 1999), which won second place at the novel competition of the Writers\u2019 Union. The novel is a thriller, the author has called it a pseudodocumentary historical book. In 2016, it appeared in translation into Latvian.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uustulnd has written 13 novels, short prose, plays, and children\u2019s books. His well-known stories are Aastavahetus Casablancas<\/em> (\u2018Turn of the Year in Casablanca\u2019, (1998) and J\u00f5ulu\u00e4mber<\/em> (\u2018Christmas Bucket\u2019, 2002). Uustulnd has also written biographies of famous Estonian captains.<\/span><\/span><\/span> His magnum opus is the series of eight novels Avameri<\/em> (\u2018Open Sea\u2019), which tells stories of the lives of sailors and fishermen on Saaremaa from the 1960s to the early 1990s. The writer has said that he has no plans to write more novels in this series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2021, he was awarded the Order of the White Star, class V.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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


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

Novels<\/em><\/strong>
Kiikhobune Antverpenist<\/strong>. Pseudodokumentaal-ajalooline romaan. Tallinn: Varrak, 1999. 502 lk.
S\u00fcvameri<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2001. 359 lk.
Reis v\u00f5lgu<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2004. 287 lk.
Ruutuemanda s\u00fcndroom<\/strong>. Pseudodokumentaal-ajalooline romaan. Tallinn: Varrak, 2007. 630 lk.
Avameri 1. Kapten<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2018. 340 lk.
Avameri 2. Kalamehe m\u00f5rsja<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2019. 335 lk.
Avameri 3. Naerukajaka nutt<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2020. 365 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Avameri 4. Kuldkalake<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2022, 327 lk.
Avameri 5. Meri taskus<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2023, 334 lk.
Avameri 6. Salahoovused<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2023, 326 lk.
Avameri 7. Kaugs\u00f5it kai \u00e4\u00e4res<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2024, 327 lk.
Avameri 8. Punaste nelkide tuhk<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2025, 397 lk.
Voldemar Laasiku \u00fcheksa mina: elu nagu filmis<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2026, 301 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short prose<\/em><\/strong>
Merejutud<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2009. 212 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children\u2019s books<\/em><\/strong>
Ta ujub siiski<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2011. 185 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Operatsioon \u201cLossivaim\u201d<\/strong>. Pseudoajalooline noorteromaan. Tallinn: Varrak, 2021, 221 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biographies<\/em><\/strong>
Kapten Kollo: mereelu \u2013 elumeri<\/strong>. Tallinn: Pegasus, 2010. 255 lk.
Kapten Toivo Ninnase \u00fcheksa lainet<\/strong>. Tallinn: Pegasus, 2012. 358 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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