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Poems<\/span><\/strong><\/a> \"Virve<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Virve Osila (until 1967 Virve Reest, 10 November 1946 \u2013 7 August 2025) was a poet and playwright.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Osila was born in Kohtla-J\u00e4rve in Ida-Virumaa County as the daughter of a miner. Until 1961, she attended M\u00e4etaguse 7-year School, from 1961\u20131962, Tapa Secondary School No. 1, and from 1963\u20131967 studied nursing by distance learning at Tartu Medical School. In the 1960s\u20131970s, Osila worked as a nurse and kindergarten teacher at several places in Ida-Virumaa County and in the surroundings of Haapsalu. In 1981, she was hit by a heart attack and lost the ability to work. Later, she lived at M\u00e4etaguse village in Ida-Virumaa County and contributed to the local press.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Osila made her debut with the poem Valge toomingas<\/em> (\u2018White Bird Cherry Tree\u2019) in the children\u2019s newspaper S\u00e4de<\/em> in 1957. Throughout decades, her poetry was published in several Estonian local newspapers. From 1990 to the end of its publication in 1995, Osila\u2019s poems appeared in the exile Estonian magazine Triinu<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virve Osila published more than 20 poetry collections, a collection of plays and a collection of articles, Teretused<\/em> (\u2018Salutations\u2019, 1998). She wrote 16 plays for grown-ups, also some plays for children. The book Elu on teater<\/em> (\u2018Life is Theatre\u2019) contains ten plays written in 1983\u20132008. The plays were meant for amateur theatre groups in villages, and they have been played successfully across Estonia. The play Kiitus kosjakontorile<\/em> (\u2018Praise to the Matchmaker\u2019s Office\u2019) was performed by the Estonian theatre group of Thirlmere, Australia, in 1994. Osila\u2019s plays are realistic and true to life. The author stated that she had copied her stories from life, combining the doings and sayings of several persons into one character. Osila\u2019s plays are also suitable for reading as stories. They provide an overview of Estonian village life in the final decades of the 20th century and the first years of the 21st century.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Osila said that her poetry is an outcome of her mental states, as many of her poetry collections were inspired by difficult experiences or events. Her emotional love and nature poetry is popular in Estonia. Osila wrote about the home and homeland, childhood memories and love, nature and human feelings. Although her creation sometimes expresses a tint of sorrow, it is still hopeful and optimistic. Virve Osila called herself a child of nature and believer in stones. Her favourite places were graveyards and forests; her favourite tree was the rowan. The poet was happy about what is beautiful, but she was also critical of the society and referred to sore points in life. Most of Osila\u2019s poems are in traditional verse with a simple rhyming scheme, but she also wrote sonnets and free verse. Virve Osila\u2019s lyrical poetry does not tend to philosophy. The sincerity, logic and comprehensibility of her mode of expression make Osila\u2019s poetry enjoyable to many. A lot of her poems have been set to music (among others, by Urmas Alender, a classic of Estonian rock) and translated into Russian and German.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

L. P. (Translated by I. A.)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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

Poetry<\/em><\/strong>
M\u00e4lestuste tuul<\/strong>. Viljandi: Perioodika, 1990. 54 lk.
Valgus valusvaikselt v\u00e4releb<\/strong>. Kohtla-J\u00e4rve: P\u00f5hjarannik, 1990. 64 lk.
S\u00fcdameaed<\/strong>: kolmas kogu luuletusi. Kohtla-J\u00e4rve: P\u00f5hjarannik, 1993. 80 lk.
Lootuse luiged<\/strong>. Viljandi: Ajaleht Sakala, 1994. 64 lk.
Hingelind<\/strong>. Viljandi: V. Osila, 1995. 23 lk. [Luuletused Urmas Alenderi m\u00e4lestuseks.]
Kodulaulud<\/strong>. Kohtla-J\u00e4rve: V. Osila, 1996. 16 lk.
Liblikatiibade tuhk<\/strong>: L\u00e4\u00e4nemaalt leitud laulud: 1966\u20131971. Haapsalu: Anamnesia, 1996. 54 lk.
Peot\u00e4is p\u00e4ikese\u00f5isi<\/strong>. Kohtla-J\u00e4rve: V. Osila, 1996. 93 lk.
Tundelaulud<\/strong>. Kohtla-J\u00e4rve: V. Osila, 1996. 8 lk.
Lastelaulud<\/strong>. Kohtla-J\u00e4rve: V. Osila, 1997. 16 lk.
Elan oma v\u00e4ikest elu<\/strong>. J\u00f5hvi: V. Osila, 1998. 75 lk.
Aeg enne Linnuteed<\/strong>. J\u00f5hvi: V. Osila, 1999. 104 lk.
M\u00f5tteharjutuste vihik: elukooli 53. kursus: 1999\/2000. \u00f5-a<\/strong>. M\u00e4etaguse: V. Osila, 2000. 25 lk.
N\u00e4gemused<\/strong>. J\u00f5hvi: V. Osila, 2000. 32 lk.
K\u00f6\u00f6gilaulud<\/strong>. J\u00f5hvi: V. Osila, 2001. 44 lk.
P\u00fchendused<\/strong>. I. J\u00f5hvi: V. Osila, 2001. 40 lk.
5-aastakud<\/strong>. Eesti: V. Osila, 2001. 16 lk.
Eel\u00f5htused<\/strong>. J\u00f5hvi: V. Osila, 2002.\u00a0 84 lk.
P\u00fchendused II<\/strong>. J\u00f5hvi: V. Osila, 2002. 36 lk.
Elu & aeg. Eluaeg<\/strong>. J\u00f5hvi: V. Osila, 2004. 136 lk.
Varjus<\/strong>. M\u00e4etaguse: V. Osila, 2006. 95 lk.
Maa ja taeva vahel<\/strong>. M\u00e4etaguse: V. Osila, 2008. 112 lk.
L\u00e4bi enese<\/strong>: valik elu-, olu-, m\u00e4lu-, ilu- ja valupildikesi. M\u00e4etaguse: V. Osila, 2009.
131 lk.
Hajameelsus<\/strong>. M\u00e4etaguse: V. Osila, 2010. 72 lk.
Terad ja s\u00f5klad<\/strong>. M\u00e4etaguse: V. Osila, 2012. 78 lk.
Paigalr\u00e4ndaja<\/strong>. M\u00e4etaguse: V. Osila, 2014. 80 lk.
Siit nurgast ja sealt nurgast\u2026<\/strong> M\u00e4etaguse: V. Osila, 2018. 119 lk.
S\u00fcda peopesal: valitud luuletused 1966\u20132014. \/ I osa<\/strong>. M\u00e4etaguse; J\u00f5hvi: PR P\u00f5hjarannik, 2016. 499 lk.
S\u00fcda peopesal: valitud luuletused 1966\u20132014. \/ II osa<\/strong>. M\u00e4etaguse; J\u00f5hvi: PR P\u00f5hjarannik, 2016. 466 lk.
Noppeid: luuletused, m\u00f5tisklused, elupildid, arvamused, sahtlisalmid<\/strong>. Loomingulise materjali kogus kokku Tiina T\u00f5nurist. M\u00e4etaguse: V. Osila, 2022. 136 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Noppeid. Luuletused, m\u00f5tisklused, elupildid, arvamused. Vol. 2<\/strong>. Loomingulise materjali kogus kokku Tiina T\u00f5nurist. M\u00e4etaguse: Virve Osila, 2023, 136 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plays<\/em><\/strong>
Elu on teater: kogutud n\u00e4idendid<\/strong>. M\u00e4etaguse; J\u00f5hvi: PR P\u00f5hjarannik, 2018. 572\u00a0 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Elu on teater: kogutud n\u00e4idendid. 2<\/strong>. M\u00e4etaguse: V. Osila, 2024, 255 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essays and articles<\/em><\/strong>
Teretused<\/strong>. J\u00f5hvi: \u00dc. A. V\u00f5sar, 1998. 231 lk. [Artiklid.]
Nii ma arvasin: arvamuslood 1997\u20132019<\/strong>. M\u00e4etaguse: V. Osila, 2019.
335 lk.
Noppeid: luuletused, m\u00f5tisklused, elupildid, arvamused, sahtlisalmid<\/strong>. Loomingulise materjali kogus kokku Tiina T\u00f5nurist. M\u00e4etaguse: V. Osila, 2022. 136 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Noppeid. Luuletused, m\u00f5tisklused, elupildid, arvamused. Vol. 2<\/strong>. Loomingulise materjali kogus kokku Tiina T\u00f5nurist. M\u00e4etaguse: Virve Osila, 2023, 136 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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