{"id":1109,"date":"2024-04-03T23:40:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/kivastik\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:08:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:08:09","slug":"kivastik","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/k\/kivastik\/","title":{"rendered":"Mart Kivastik"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPlays<\/strong><\/span><\/a> <\/strong>\"Mart<\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tShort stories<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAbout Mart Kivastik<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n<\/p>

Mart Kivastik <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/font>(b. 4. III 1963) is a prose writer, playwright and script-writer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe was born in Tartu. In 1981 he graduated from number 5 secondary school in Tartu, and in 1984 from the Heino Eller music school, specialising in choral conducting. In 1989 Kivastik graduated from the faculty of philology at the University of Tartu, in the field of Estonian language and literature. From 1989 to 1991 he worked at the Tallinnfilm studio. Since then he has been a freelance writer, playwright and film director. Since 1996 he has been a member of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMart Kivastik made his debut with short stories in the newspaper of the University of Tartu and the journal Vikerkaar <\/i>in 1987. In 1993 he produced the short story collection Homme<\/i> (\u2018Tomorrow\u2019). Initially he wrote mainly prose, but in the late nineties he turned to writing plays. In the 21st<\/sup> century Kivastik has emerged as one of the most performed Estonian playwrights. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHis plays have been called picturesque. The best-known of them belong to the so-called \u2018artist trilogy\u2019: 20th<\/sup> century cultural history is reflected in historical plays about the great figures in Estonian art: K\u00fclmetava kunstniku portree <\/i>(\u2018Portrait of a Freezing Artist\u2019, staged 2004), P\u00f5rgu v\u00e4rk <\/i>(\u2018The Infernal Contraption\u2019, staged 2005) and Kits viiuli ja \u00f5ngega <\/i>(\u2018Goat With a Violin and Fishing-rod\u2019, staged 2006). In these texts Kivastik plays with history, without going into direct conflict with truth, but without striving for documentary reality. The author is interested in questions about the purpose of humanity, freedom and the struggle for existence. Kivastik has written several historical plays, such as S\u00f5dur <\/i>(\u2018The Soldier\u2019, staged 2007), Kangelane <\/i>(\u2018The Hero\u2019, staged 2007), K\u00e4su Hansu ajalootund <\/i>(\u2018K\u00e4su Hans\u2019 History Lesson\u2019, staged 2009) and a play about President Konstantin P\u00e4ts, Kostja ja hiiglane <\/i>(\u2018Kostja and the Giant\u2019, staged 2018), which was also staged in Moscow.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe so-called \u2018small plays\u2019 (Teener<\/i>, \u2018The Servant\u2019, staged 2003; Peeter ja Erik, \u2018<\/i>Peeter and Erik\u2019, staged 1997) are marked by their completeness, like short stories. They depict characters who have been left to their fates, who sometimes manage nevertheless to get by, in a tragicomic way. These drama texts are depictions typical of a prose author, creating an atmosphere of completeness yet unfathomableness.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to plays, Kivastik has written film scripts. In 1998 and 1999 he was the scriptwriter and producer of two short films. Subsequently he has been the scriptwriter and director of two feature films (\u00dcks mu sober, \u2018<\/i>A Friend of Mine\u2019, 2011, and \u00d5nn tuleb magades, \u2018<\/i>Joy Comes Sleeping\u2019, 2018).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tKivastik has written three novels: in 1999 the novel Varblane <\/i>(\u2018The Sparrow\u2019) appeared; in 2012 Vietnami retsept <\/i>(\u2018Vietnamese Recipe\u2019); and in 2019 Taevatrepp <\/i>(\u2018Stairway to Heaven\u2019), which describes the author\u2019s youth in the Tartu of the Soviet era.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe has published colourful stories of everyday life, portraits of other creative people and causeries in the press, as well as literature, theatre and film reviews.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMart Kivastik is one of the most decorated Estonian authors. Twice, in 1999 and 2015, he has won the Friedebert Tuglas short story prize. He has twice been awarded the Literature Endowment annual award (in 2000 and 2004). For two years (2006 and 2011) he was declared Tartu Culture Bearer. He has also been awarded the journal Sirp<\/i>\u2019s annual prize, the Eduard Vilde prize and the Virumaa literature award, as well as the Baltic theatre award. In 2006 Mart Kivastik was decorated with the Order of the White Star, Class 5.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tL. P. (Translated by C. M.)<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

\n\tNovels<\/b><\/i>
Varblane<\/b>. Tallinn: Varrak, 1999. 158 lk.
Vietnami retsept<\/b>. Tartu: V\u00e4ike \u00d6\u00f6muusika, 2012. 285 lk.
Taevatrepp<\/b>. Tartu: V\u00e4ike \u00d6\u00f6muusika, 2019. 262 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tShort prose<\/b><\/i>
Homme<\/b>. Tallinn: Kupar, 1993. 157 lk.
Palun \u00f5nnelikuks<\/b>. Tartu: Elmatar, 1996. 176 lk.
Hinged l\u00e4hevad<\/b>. Tallinn: Soha, 2001. 143 lk.
Kui sa mind ei armasta, \u00e4ra mine \u00e4ra<\/b>. Tartu: M. Kivastik, 2003. 188 lk.
Kurb raamat<\/b>. Tartu: V\u00e4ike \u00d6\u00f6muusika, 2008. 171 lk.
Autoportree naise ja hobusega<\/b>. Tartu: V\u00e4ike \u00d6\u00f6muusika, 2015. 220 lk.
Armastuse vormid<\/b>. Tartu: V\u00e4ike \u00d6\u00f6muusika, 2017. 303 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPlays<\/b><\/i>
N\u00e4idendid<\/b>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2000. 281 lk.
Presidendi lapsed<\/b>: lugu kahes vaatuses, 17 pildis proloogi ja epiloogiga [esseed]. Tallinn: M. Kivastik, 2001. 219 lk.
Savonarola<\/b>. Tallinn: Eesti Draamateater, 2005. 112 lk.
K\u00fclmetava kunstniku portreed: Viinistu triloogia<\/b>. Tartu: V\u00e4ike \u00d6\u00f6muusika, 2006. 302 lk.
S\u00f5dur<\/b>. Tartu: V\u00e4ike \u00d6\u00f6muusika, 2007. 63 lk.
Teener<\/b>: see n\u00e4idend on p\u00fchendatud. Tartu: V\u00e4ike \u00d6\u00f6muusika, 2007. 95 lk.
Eesti asjad: n\u00e4idendid<\/b>. Tartu: Kaks musket\u00e4ri, 2010. 284 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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