{"id":1452,"date":"2024-04-03T23:41:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/petolai\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:23:21","slug":"petolai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/p\/petolai\/","title":{"rendered":"Berit Petolai"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Berit Petolai (born 22. III 1985) is a poet.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Petolai was born in Tartu. She completed Tartu Forselius Gymnasium and studied literature at the University of Tartu. Berit Petolai has worked at Apollo bookshop, as a guide at Juhan Liiv Museum and a librarian at Koosa in Tartu County. She lives at Meoma village in Tartu County.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Petolai\u2019s first poems appeared in the journal Looming<\/em> in 2016. In 2019, she published the poetry collection Meoma \u00fcmisevad tuuled<\/em> (\u2018The Humming Winds of Meoma\u2019). In 2021, Petolai was awarded the Juhan Liiv Poetry Prize.<\/span><\/span><\/span> Her second collection, Hele, tukslev ja nimetu (\u2018Bright, Throbbing and Nameless\u2019, 2025) won the Estonian Women\u2019s Literature Annual Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Petolai writes in a lyrical-philosophical manner. Her poetry expresses the beauty of human life, breathing and throbbing in harmony with nature. Relationships between generations and community members play an important role.<\/span><\/span><\/span> The poems are predominantly in flowing rhymeless free verse, although end rhymes are also used.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with poems, Petolai has published book reviews and compiled books on cultural history.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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


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

Poetry<\/em><\/strong>
Meoma \u00fcmisevad tuuled<\/strong>: luulelugusid 2011\u20132018. Luige: Verb, 2019. 79 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Hele, tuisklev ja nimetu<\/strong>. Tallinn: Hunt, 2025, 156 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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