{"id":1344,"date":"2024-04-03T23:41:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/kass\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:07:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:07:30","slug":"kass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/k\/kass\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristiina Kass"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tChildren\u2019s stories<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tKristiina Kass (born 14 May 1970) is a children\u2019s writer, illustrator and translator.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tShe was born in Tartu as the daughter of the humourist Kalju Kass and the children\u2019s writer Asta Kass. She attended school in Tallinn and studied Finnish language and culture at the University of Helsinki (master\u2019s degree from 2020). From the early 1990s, she has lived in Finland. Kristiina Kass has been a member of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union from 2008.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tKass\u2019 first story for children appeared in the Finnish newspaper Hyvink\u00e4\u00e4n Sanomat<\/em> in 1999, which marks the beginning of her weekly writing of children\u2019s stories. The greater part of the stories published in the Estonian children\u2019s magazines T\u00e4heke<\/em> and Hea Laps<\/em> have also originally appeared in the Finnish press and been translated into Estonian by the author herself. She has illustrated her own and other authors\u2019 books.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHer first book for children, Kasper ja viis tarka kassi<\/em> (\u2018Kasper and Five Clever Cats\u2019, 2005) received the third prize at Minu esimene raamat (\u2018My First Book\u2019) children\u2019s stories competition arranged by the Estonian Children\u2019s Literature Centre, the T\u00e4heke<\/em> magazine and T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev Publishers in 2004 and in 2006 the literature award of the Estonian Railways and the newspaper Sirp<\/em>. The gripping story with fairy-tale elements about the only child Kasper, who moves to a new home and his great-aunt Amaalia and her cats expresses timeless values and truths of life. The theme of Samueli v\u00f5lupadi<\/em> (\u2018Samuel\u2019s Magic Pillow\u2019 2006) is the seamy side of the present-day world and shortcomings in the family and society. A fantastic turn in the plot is brought about by the magic pillow under which you can put a book which will be memorised during the night. In 2005, the book received the first prize at Minu esimene raamat competition and, in 2008, the third place in the category of writers at Nukits competition organised by the Estonian Children\u2019s Literature Centre. At the same competition in 2012, Peeter ja mina<\/em> (\u2018Peeter and Me\u2019, 2009) achieved the third place and N\u00f5ianeiu N\u00f6binina<\/em> (\u2018Snub-nosed Witch Girl\u2019, 2010) the first place. Estonian Television produced a serial based on the latter in 2011. In 2015, a sequel to the book was published \u2013 N\u00f5ianeiu N\u00f6binina ja korstnap\u00fchkija<\/em> (\u2018Snub-nosed Witch Girl and Chimneysweep\u2019).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tKristiina Kass stands out as a good narrator whose stories are often centred on present-day children. An essential place in them belongs to the fairy-tale and fantasy component. For example, her fantasy stories have been collected into \u00d5petaja Kusti kummitab ja teisi jutte<\/em> (\u2018Haunting Teacher Kusti and Other Stories\u2019, 2012) which, along with the adventures of Sandman Mati and her sister Awakener Kati, includes animal stories and stories based on classical fairy tales. The book achieved the second place in the category of writers at the Nukits competition in 2014.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2008 she received the Estonian Cultural Endowment Scholarship Ela ja s\u00e4ra (\u2018Live and Shine\u2019).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tA. K. (Translated by I. A.)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

\n\tBooks for children<\/em><\/strong>
Kasper ja viis tarka kassi<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2005, 87 lk. [j\u00e4rgmised tr\u00fckid: 2011, 2015, 2018]
K\u00e4ru-Kaarel<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tiritamm, 2006, 69 lk [j\u00e4rgmised tr\u00fckid: 2011, 2017]
Samueli v\u00f5lupadi<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2006, 169 lk [j\u00e4rgmised tr\u00fckid: 2009, 2012, 2015]
Petra lood<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2008, 123 lk [2. tr\u00fckk: 2013]
Peeter ja mina<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2009, 117 lk
N\u00f5ianeiu N\u00f6binina<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2010, 93 lk [2. tr\u00fckk: 2020]
\u00d5petaja Kusti kummitab ja teisi jutte<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2012, 144 lk [2. tr\u00fckk: 2021]
Unelinnu pesa<\/strong>. Tallinn: P\u00e4ike ja Pilv, 2013, 24 lk
Elle ja Kalle koduvideo<\/strong>. Tallinn: P\u00e4ike ja Pilv, 2014, 25 lk
Sandri mikroskoop<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2014, 43 lk
N\u00f5ianeiu N\u00f6binina ja korstnap\u00fchkija<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2015, 158 lk
L\u00f5vi Leo<\/strong>. Tallinnn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2018, 127 lk [2. tr\u00fckk: 2022]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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