{"id":118,"date":"2024-04-03T23:39:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/roht\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T14:30:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T11:30:30","slug":"roht","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/r\/roht\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Roht"},"content":{"rendered":"

Short stories<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\"Richard<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Johannes Roht (12.IV \/ 31.III 1891 \u2013 22. VIII 1950) was a prolific prose writer and children\u2019s author.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was born in V\u00f5ru county into a farming family. He attended the local village and parish schools, V\u00f5ru county school, Hugo Treffner Gymnasium in Tartu and Valga School of Science. From 1912 to 1914 he lived in Estonia and Finland until he was mobilized into an officers\u2019 course. He took part in the First World War and the War of Independence. Thereafter he lived as a writer in Tartu and Berlin, where he edited the journals Aeg<\/em> and Euroopa Elu<\/em>. In 1923 Roht settled permanently in Estonia. In 1928 he set up a settlers\u2019 farm at Sangaste and began building a house. After his bankruptcy, Roht was charged with forging bonds and spent two years in prison. Released in 1932, he lived as a writer in Tallinn, and at the end of the nineteen-thirties he built a house at Aruk\u00fcla, spending his summers mainly at Otep\u00e4\u00e4. He died in Tallinn, and was buried in Metsakalmistu.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roht made his debut in 1913 with a collection of short prose, Igavene lab\u00fcrint<\/em> (\u2018The Eternal Labyrinth\u2019). In the same period, together with the young poet Henrik Visnapuu, he established the Moment\u00a0literary group, and published their anthologies. Roht became known, however, for his so-called \u2018Kurgsoo\u2019\u00a0series, which describes the efforts of the settlers in V\u00f5rumaa county to set up farms and their colourful village life in the novels H\u00fcmnid Paanile<\/em> (\u2018Hymns to Pan\u2019, 1992), Kurgsoo<\/em> (1924), Maa<\/em> (\u2018The Land\u2019, 1927) and Aeg<\/em> (\u2018Time\u2019, 1929) and in the two stories Viimane kevad<\/em>\u00a0(\u2018The Last Spring\u2019) and Kriuka Kusta armastus<\/em>\u00a0(\u2018The Love of Kriuka Kusta\u2019) from the collection Neli juttu<\/em> (\u2018Four Stories\u2019, 1924). Regarded as one of Roht\u2019s more enduring works is also the novel Elutee<\/em> (\u2018A Career\u2019), which appeared in 1938, and tells of an orphan boy\u2019s course in becoming a city businessman, in addition giving an original, expert description of the wandering life of tinkers of Setu heritage. Also worthy of note are Roht\u2019s \u2018vacation novels\u2019, Elu on ilus<\/em> (\u2018Life is Beautiful\u2019) and Kuldsed p\u00e4evad<\/em> (\u2018Golden Days\u2019), which form a reportage on events in the life of a wanderer in Estonia. After the Second World War Roht published mainly children\u2019s books, with engaging descriptions of the lives of animals. His children\u2019s books have been reprinted several times and translated into Russian, Lithuanian, English and German.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. N. (Translated by C. M.)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The Moment grouping<\/em><\/strong>
Marie Heiberg, Richard Roht, Reinhold Vellner, Henrik Visnapuu, Moment. Esimene<\/strong>. Tartu: 1913, 80 lk.
Richard Roht, Henrik Visnapuu, Alfred Varik, Roheline Moment. P\u00fchendatud k\u00f5igile kirjanduslistele paganatele ja wariseeridele<\/strong>. Tartu: Moment, 1914, 24 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Novels<\/em><\/strong>
Minewik<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1920, 223 lk.
H\u00fcmnid Paanile<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1922, 149 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: \u2018H\u00fcmnid Paanile. Kurgsoo\u2019, Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2009, 285, lk.]
Kurgsoo<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1924, 136 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: \u2018H\u00fcmnid Paanile. Kurgsoo\u2019, Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2009, 285, lk.]
\u00dcksindus<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1925, 247 lk.
Maa<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1927, 319 lk.
See, millest avalikult ei r\u00e4\u00e4gita<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1928, 300 lk.
Aeg<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1929, 333 lk.
Nauding<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1929, 315 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: Kuldsulg, 1994, 196 lk.]
Elu on ilus<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1930, 485 lk.
Vastsed rajad<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1933, 185 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1964, 355 lk.]
V\u00f5itluse teel<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1933, 236 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1956, 238 lk; 3. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1964, 355 lk.]
Esimene armastus<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1935, 336 lk.
Verioja m\u00f5is<\/strong>. Tartus: Noor-Eesti, 1936, 280 lk.
Ummikt\u00e4nav<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1937, 327 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1960, 248 lk.]
Igap\u00e4evased inimesed<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1937, 452 lk.
Elutee<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1938, 391 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1957, 287 lk; 3. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1985, 272 lk.]
Inimsaatused<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1938, 301 lk.
Talulapsed<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1939, 211 lk. [Diloogia 1. raamat.]
Kodutalu<\/strong>. Tallinn: Kultuurkoondis, 1940, 318 lk. [Diloogia 2. raamat.]
Kuldsed p\u00e4evad<\/strong>. Tallinn: Kultuurkoondis, 1939, 307 lk.
Kaks perekonda<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilukirjandus ja Kunst, 1947, 372 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short stories<\/em><\/strong>
Igaweses lab\u00fcrindis<\/strong>. Tartu: 1913, 142 lk.
\u00dcksinduse meeleolud<\/strong>. Tartu: Moment, 1914, 86 lk.
Siluetid ja dekoratsioonid<\/strong>. Tallinnas: Siuru, 1918, 103 lk.
Hing ja veri<\/strong>. Tartu: Odamees, 1918, 119 lk.
Kolm n\u00e4okatet<\/strong>. Tartu: Odamees, 1919, 146 lk.
Looduskangad<\/strong>. Tartu: S\u00f5navara, 1924, 85 lk.
Neli juttu<\/strong>. Tartu: S\u00f5navara, 1924, 98 lk.
Vabadus ja vangla<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1932, 143 lk.
Kitsad piirid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilukirjandus ja Kunst, 1946, 216 lk.
\u00d6\u00f6<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2007, 293 lk. [Sari \u2018Eesti novellivara\u2019.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Memoirs<\/em><\/strong>
S\u00f5jas\u00f5it<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1928, 360 lk.
Vana V\u00f5rumaa<\/strong>. Tartu: Eesti Kirjastuse Kooperatiiv, 1934, 161 lk.
Tsaari ohvitser<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1935, 202 lk.
Kahuriliha<\/strong>. Tartus: Noor-Eesti, 1936, 205 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children\u2019s books<\/em><\/strong>
Laanekohus<\/strong>. Tartu: Eesti Kirjanduse Selts, 1928, 76 lk.
V\u00e4ikesed r\u00e4ndurid<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1934, 169 lk.
Noor elulaevnik<\/strong>. Tartu: Eesti Kirjastuse Kooperatiiv, 1934, 115 lk.
Vetepojad<\/strong>. Tartu: Taluperenaine, 1934, 56 lk.
V\u00e4lek\u00fc\u00fcs ja Tuhknai<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1935, 220 lk.
Suvised r\u00f5\u00f5mud<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1936, 264 lk.
V\u00f5rukael<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilukirjandus ja Kunst, 1945, 113 lk.
J\u00e4neste pulmad<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilukirjandus ja Kunst, 1946, 56 lk.
Ahnuse palk<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilukirjandus ja Kunst, 1947, 64 lk.
Lapsed, linnud ja loomad<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilukirjandus ja Kunst, 1947, 212 lk.
Laaned ja veed<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilukirjandus ja Kunst, 1949, 300 lk. [2 tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1959, 240 lk.]
Kaks poissi puhkusel<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilukirjandus ja Kunst, 1949, 115 lk.
Jutte loomadest<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1951, 166 lk. [J\u00e4rgnevad tr\u00fckid: 1962, 1972, 1983, 2021.]
Lapsed ja loomad<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2007, 390 lk.
Loomajutte lastele<\/strong>. Pildid joonistanud Katariina Purru. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2021, 122 lk. [Sisu: \u201cJulged r\u00e4ndurid\u201d; \u201cJ\u00e4neste pulmad\u201d; \u201cKergeusklik tihasepoeg\u201d.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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