{"id":1408,"date":"2024-04-03T23:41:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/asi\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:07:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:07:20","slug":"asi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/a\/asi\/","title":{"rendered":"Harri Asi"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAbout\u00a0Harri Asi<\/span><\/strong><\/a> <\/span><\/strong>\"Harri<\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tHarri Asi (29 August 1922 \u2013 15 January 2009) was a poet and prose writer.
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Asi was born in Valga. He completed the Valga gymnasium in 1942 and entered the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Tartu. In 1943, he was recruited to the German army. Harri Asi was wounded at the front and was a prisoner of war in Belgium in 1945\u20131946. Thereafter, he was at Stubben refugee camp in Germany. In 1951, he settled in Canada where he studied languages, literature and art history at the University of Toronto from 1955\u20131957. Asi worked in Toronto as an electrical engineer at an engineering company. In 1979, he moved to Calgary where he lived to the end of his life. His ashes were strewn into the Baltic Sea in June 2009.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAsi said that he began to write poetry at the prison camp in Belgium to prevent mental numbness. His creation includes six poetry collections in Estonian and one in English and one novel.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe first poetry collections S\u00f5dalane v\u00e4rsivibuga<\/em> (\u2018Warrior with a Bow of Verses\u2019, 1950), Tuisus\u00f5itja<\/em> (\u2018Driving in the Blizzard\u2019, 1952) and Kui valgus kaob<\/em> (\u2018When the Light Fades\u2019, 1954) feature realistic memories and impressions. In the poetry collection Heiastused<\/em> (\u2018Reflections\u2019, 1959), searches continue in a more abstract style. In the poetry collection Epigramme ehk Kaks grammi eepikat<\/em> (\u2018Epigrams or Two Grams of Epic\u2019, 1960), Asi criticises the refugee policy. The poetry collection with the author\u2019s illustrations, \u00d6\u00f6lille laul<\/em> (\u2018Night Flower\u2019s Song\u2019, 1971) expresses search for peace of mind in Oriental religious philosophy. This collection contains surrealist motifs. The poet\u2019s favourite image is the sea.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe modernist novel P\u00e4rast plahvatust<\/em> (\u2018After the Explosion\u2019, 1967) deals with the frustration of Estonians who fought on the German side in World War II and reaches the negation of war and violence. The novel is a frame narrative that consists of five independent short stories. The stories are linked by the character of Lieutenant Enno Meelismaa, a central observer who can be considered the writer\u2019s alter ego.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAsi\u2019s original poems in English were published in the collection Verses from the Unsung.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHarri Asi was awarded the Henrik Visnapuu Literature Prize for the novel P\u00e4rast plahvatust<\/em> in 1968 and for the poetry collection \u00d6\u00f6lille laul in 1972.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tPoetry<\/em><\/strong>
S\u00f5dalane v\u00e4rsivibuga<\/strong>. G\u00f6teborg: Orto, 1950. 93 lk.
Tuisus\u00f5itja<\/strong>: teine kogu luuletusi. Toronto: Orto, 1952. 62 lk.
Kui valgus kaob<\/strong>: kolmas kogu luuletusi. Toronto: Orto, 1954. 80 lk.
Heiastused<\/strong>: neljas kogu luuletusi. Toronto: H. Asi, 1959. 110 lk.
Epigramme ehk Kaks grammi eepikat<\/strong>. Toronto: Libra, 1960. 23 lk.
\u00d6\u00f6lille laul<\/strong>. Toronto: Libra, 1971. 116 lk.
Kogutud luuletused<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2005. 351 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNovels<\/em><\/strong>
P\u00e4rast plahvatust<\/strong>. Toronto: Libra, 1967. 191 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPoems in English<\/em><\/strong>
Verses from the unsung<\/strong>. Calgary: H. Asi, 2002. 168 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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