{"id":1362,"date":"2024-04-03T23:41:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/edgarsaks\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T13:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T11:29:15","slug":"edgarsaks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/s\/edgarsaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgar Valter Saks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tEdgar Valter Saks (25. I 1910\u201311. IV 1984) was a politician, publicist, economist, amateur historian, and writer.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSaks was born the son of a mechanic. In 1928, he graduated from Hugo Treffner gymnasium in Tartu and in 1934, from the law department of the University of Tartu. He worked as a journalist at various jobs (from 1929-1934 he was employed in the editorial board of P\u00e4evaleht<\/em> newspaper in Tartu), then as a civil servant and an industry manager.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 1944, he escaped to Finland from Estonia. From 1944-1949, he lived in Sweden and from 1949, he resided in Canada. He worked in Canada, Peru, and Mexico. Saks was active in several Estonian expatriate organizations and was one of the founders of the Estonians\u2019 Union in Canada, the chairman of the Estonian Society of North Canada, and from 1971-1984, he was the Minister of Education of the Estonian government-in-exile. He was the publisher and a member of the editorial board of the two-part almanac Eesti looming<\/em> (\u2018Estonian Works\u2019, Helsinki 1944) and the founder and editor-in-chief (1944-1948) of the weekly newspaper V\u00e4lis-Eesti<\/em> in Stockholm. From 1931, he was a member of the Estonian PEN Club and in 1933, joined the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBefore World War II, Saks wrote four novels. The first one was Kodutu<\/em> (\u2018Homeless\u2019, 1929) which came third in the novel competition by Loodus publishing house. The following three novels Jaan Tamar<\/em> (1932), Armuke<\/em> (\u2018Lover\u2019, 1936), and Hannibali rahvas<\/em> (\u2018The People of Hannibal\u2019, 1936) were not warmly received by readers or critics. His prose includes good descriptions of settings, but the characters\u2019 psychology was secondary to him. The historical novel \u2018The People of Hannibal\u2019 features the events of the Livonian War and is noteworthy for glorifying Estonian war heroes. Saks also wrote short stories that were published in the magazine Looming<\/em> and almanac Eesti Looming<\/em> (\u2018Estonian Works\u2019).\n<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom the point of view of literary history, Saks\u2019 study of the university years of Ernst Enno in Riga (Eesti Kirjandus publishing 1935) and the nine interviews with Estonian writers published in the magazine Looming<\/em> in 1936 are significant.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn exile, the author dedicated himself to the questions of Estonian identity and history and published several popular science books that glorified Estonians\u2019 prehistory and that professional historians consider pseudoscientific. Saks was a nationalist and decidedly against any leftist or Marxist dispositions.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tL. P. (Translated buy A. A.)<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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

\n\tNovels<\/em><\/strong>
Kodutu<\/strong>. Tartu: Loodus, 1929. 246 lk.
Jaan Tamar<\/strong>. Tartu: Loodus, 1932. 200 lk.
Armuke<\/strong>. Tartu: Eesti Kirjastuse Kooperatiiv, 1936. 249 lk.
Hannibali rahvas<\/strong>: ajalooline romaan Liivi-Vene s\u00f5jast. Tartu: Postimees, 1936. 294 lk.
\u00d5igusen\u00f5udjad<\/strong>: Eesti rahva v\u00f5itlusromaan. Tallinn: Grenader, 2013. 236 lk.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHistorical research<\/em><\/strong>
Eesti soost vasalkond. J\u00fcri\u00f6\u00f6 m\u00e4ss: revideerivaid seisukohti \u00fcrikute alusel<\/strong>. Philadelphia; Wilmington: Korporatsioon Rotalia BWW allkoondis, 1971. 34 lk.
Saxi-Saxa-Sax-Saks: nimikond ja suguselts: genealoogiline uurimus<\/strong>. Montreal: 1979. 108 lk.
Eesti viikingid<\/strong>. Tallinn : Olion, 2003. 224 lk.
Metsalise m\u00e4rgi all: punane paradiis: \u00fche epohhi kroonika<\/strong>. Tallinn: Grenader, 2012. 159 lk.\n<\/p>\n

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