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Poems<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\"Viiu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Viiu H\u00e4rm<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viiu H\u00e4rm (b. 3. VII 1944) is an Estonian poet, actress, translator, and nature photographer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was born in Tallinn to a workers` family. She studied at Tallinn 29th Primary School (1951\u20131958), Tallinn 7th Secondary School (1958\u20131962), and at the Performing Arts Faculty of the Tallinn State Conservatoire (1962\u20131965). She was featured in the films \u00d5htust hommikuni<\/em> (\u2018From Evening to Morning\u2019, 1962), \u00dche katuse all<\/em> (\u2018Under One Roof\u2019, 1963), T\u00fctarlaps mustas<\/em> (\u2018The Girl in Black\u2019, 1967), and L\u00f5ppematu p\u00e4ev<\/em> (\u2018Endless Day\u2019, 1971), as well as in television productions. H\u00e4rm was one of the founding members of the Estonian Youth Theatre and worked there until she had to quit for health reasons in 1971. From then on, she worked as a freelancer. She has been a member of the Estonian Theatre Union since 1966 and the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union since 1979. In 1990, she was one of the founding members of the Estonian Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the Reform Party after it merged with the ELDP.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

H\u00e4rm debuted with her poetry in periodicals as was common in those times \u2013 the youth newspaper S\u00e4de<\/em> and the journal Noorus<\/em>; she later consistently published her work in the journal Looming<\/em>. She is known first and foremost as a poet, but at the very least, she considers herself just as much an actress. H\u00e4rm has called poetry her inner voice. She has published personal collections and participated in joint ones; she has also staged poetry readings, and, being an actress, often performed poetry, including on several recordings. Between 1997 and 1998, she chose and read poems on nightly broadcast Ainult \u00fcks luuletus<\/em> (\u2018Only One Poem\u2019) on the Estonian TV channel Kanal 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be it for children or adults, nature plays an important role in H\u00e4rm\u2019s poetry. She herself has stated that water is the symbol closest to her. In addition to nature, H\u00e4rm has placed emphasis on childhood, a peaceful life, and unconditional love. She prefers rhymed quatrains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has published two novels, which could figuratively be connected even though their stories are different \u2013 Duubel kaks: n\u00fc\u00fcd, kus ma midagi ei k\u00fcsi\u2026<\/em> (\u2018Take Two: Now That I Do Not Ask Anything\u2026\u2019, 2000) and \u00d5huaken<\/em> (\u2018Transom Window\u2019, 2004). Both feature a young girl as the protagonist and focus on her growth and experiences. For the latter, H\u00e4rm received the Eduard Vilde Literary Prize in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She compiled a poetry collection by Marie Under, Laternaks mu enda s\u00fcda<\/em> (\u2018The Lantern is My Own Heart\u2019, 2006), and wrote its foreword. She also translated verses for L\u00e4ti uuema luule valimik<\/em> (\u2018New Poetry from Latvia\u2019, 1997) as well as for Astrid and Ivar Ivask\u2019s joint collection R\u00e4ndav j\u00e4rv<\/em> (\u2018Traveling Lake\u2019, 2002) from Latvian. Additionally, she has translated plays from Russian (Leonid Zhuhovitsky\u2019s \u2018Among the Angels, Anton Chekhov\u2019s \u2018The Cherry Orchard\u2019, and Aleksei Arbuzov\u2019s \u2018Years of Wandering\u2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H\u00e4rm weaves poetry and picture together in her work. For example, she completed the book Sina, j\u00f5gi<\/em> (\u2018You, River\u2019, 1984) with the photographer Peeter Tooming and Valge vaikus<\/em> (\u2018The White Silence\u2019, 1979), a collection of poetic nature reflections, with Tooming and the artist Ants S\u00e4de. Recently, H\u00e4rm has focused on nature photography by herself. In 2017, she won awards both on the photo contest Pilvepiir<\/em> and by the magazine Eesti Loodus<\/em>. The same year, her exhibit of nature photos L\u00e4hedal<\/em> (\u2018Close\u2019) was opened in K\u00f5pu Lighthouse and at the A. H. Tammsaare Museum in Tallinn<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H\u00e4rm\u2019s husband is the poet and politician Paul-Eerik Rummo. They have published a collection of poetry together \u2013 a t\u00eate-b\u00eache book Avamaastik \/ Kusagil tuksub mu s\u00fcda<\/em> (\u2018My Heart Beats Somewhere\u2019, 1989) and have also written the libretto and lyrics for the musical \u2018Oliver and Jennifer\u2019 (1972) and the play K\u00f6rged, k\u00f6rged K\u00f6pu m\u00e4ged<\/em> (\u2018The Tall, Tall Hills of K\u00f5pu<\/span><\/span>\u2018, 2000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. K. (Translated by M. M.)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Poems<\/em><\/strong>
Pealkirjata<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1973, 55 lk.
Luuletusi, lugusid ja midagi ka Margareetast<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1978, 192 lk.
Viiu H\u00e4rm, Peeter Tooming, Ants S\u00e4de, Valge vaikus<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1979, 34 lk.
Viiu H\u00e4rm, Peeter Tooming, <\/span><\/span>Sina, j\u00f5gi<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1984, 95 lk.
Viiu H\u00e4rm, Avamaastik<\/strong>; Paul-Eerik Rummo, Kusagil tuksub s\u00fcda<\/strong>. Toronto: Maarjamaa, 1989, 16 lk. [Tirelraamat.]
Keegi teeline<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2004, 724 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Novels<\/em><\/strong>
Duubel kaks: n\u00fc\u00fcd, kus ma midagi ei k\u00fcsi\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2000, 280 lk.
\u00d5huaken<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2004, 280 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prose<\/em><\/strong>
Ilmatuga<\/strong>. Tekst ja fotod: Viiu H\u00e4rm Rummo. Tallinn: Varrak, 2024, 223 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children\u2019s books<\/em><\/strong>
Oh sind t\u00fcdrukut<\/strong>. Tallinn: TEA Kirjastus, 2009, 39 lk.
Pallim\u00e4ng<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tammerraamat, 2017, 32 lk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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