{"id":1437,"date":"2024-04-03T23:41:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/joelsang\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:07:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:07:14","slug":"joelsang","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/s\/joelsang\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Sang"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPoems<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAbout Joel Sang<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n\tJoel Sang (born 15 May 1950) is a poet, critic, translator and essayist.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSang was born in P\u00e4rnu as the son of <\/span><\/span><\/span>August Sang<\/a><\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span><\/span>Kersti Merilaas<\/a><\/span><\/span>, classics of Estonian poetry. He attended schools in P\u00e4rnu and in Tallinn, and studied mathematics and Estonian philology at Tartu State University. He also did his postgraduate studies there. Sang\u2019s Candidate of Philology (currently PhD) thesis (1980) dealt with negation in Estonian. He has worked as a teacher, dramaturge at the Puppet Theatre and at the Language and Literature Institute. Sang has been an editor, e.g., of the journals Looming<\/em>, Vikerkaar<\/em> and Keel ja Kirjandus<\/em> where he was chief editor from 2006\u20132016. He was the founder, manager and editor of the prestigious publishing company Vagabund (1991\u20132008). He is a member of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union from 1984.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSang made his debut in poetry in the yearbook Suleproovid<\/em> (\u2018Trying One\u2019s Hand at Writing\u2019) in the mid-1960s. Together with <\/span><\/span><\/span>Toomas Liiv<\/a>, <\/span>J\u00fcri \u00dcdi<\/a> and <\/span>Johnny B. Isotamm<\/a><\/span><\/span>, he was one of the authors of the collection N\u00e4rvitr\u00fckk<\/em> (\u2018Nerve Print\u2019, 1971), which has become a classic of Estonian literature. The collection Ohvitseride maja<\/em> (\u2018Officers\u2019 Club\u2019, 2008) provides an overview of his poetry which is demanding in both form and content, and where grotesque and irony, inventiveness and playfulness of language, unexpected connections between words and meanings play an essential role. These features also characterise his poetry for children, e.g., the collection Tulge eile meile!<\/em> (\u2018Come and Visit Us Yesterday\u2019, 2017).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tJoel Sang has translated from Finnish (Pentti Saarikoski, Jan Blomstedt), Russian (Joseph Brodsky), Italian (Umberto Eco), French (Fran\u00e7ois Villon), English (Isaac Bashevis Singer, Harold Pinter, Leszek Ko\u0142akowski, Howard Pyle\u2019s \u2018The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood\u2019) and Swedish. He has written song lyrics and articles on linguistics, literary criticism and essays, which have also been published in collections, e.g., M\u00e4ng versus \u00e4ng<\/em> (\u2018Play versus Anguish\u2019, 2020). Sang has been awarded the Order of the White Star, Class 4 (2011).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tPoetry collections<\/em><\/strong>
Toomas Liiv, J\u00fcri \u00dcdi, Johnny B. Isotamm, Joel Sang, N\u00e4rvitr\u00fckk<\/strong>. Loomingu Raamatukogu 17. Tallinn: Perioodika, 1971, 98 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 2023.]
Abis\u00f5nad<\/strong>. Loomingu Raamatukogu 1. Tallinn: Perioodika, 1983, 32 lk
Vigade parandus<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1988, 78 lk
Ohvitseride maja<\/strong>. Tallinn: Vagabund, 2008, 91 lk<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tChildren\u2019s books<\/em><\/strong>
Loomariik<\/strong>: lastelaule alamale ja \u00fclemale astmele. Tallinn: Vagabund, 1991, 46 lk
Tulge eile meile!<\/strong>: salme noortele ja vanadele. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2017, 43 lk<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tVaria<\/em><\/strong>
Eitus eesti keeles<\/strong>. Tallinn: Valgus, 1983, 175 lk
P\u00e4ripidi vastukarva: kirjat\u00f6id aastatest 1976-1986<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1987, 244 lk
Espresso: valik t\u00f6\u00f6h\u00fcpoteese<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2010, 135 lk
M\u00e4ng versus \u00e4ng: valik kirjat\u00f6id 2010-2020<\/strong>. Tallinn: EKSA, 2020, 215 lk<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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