{"id":1584,"date":"2024-04-03T23:41:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/liiunt\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:06:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:06:49","slug":"liiunt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/u\/liiunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Lii Unt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAbout Lii Unt<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tLii Unt (until 1983, Lii Lomp; born 15. III 1960) is a prose writer and journalist.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tShe was born in Iisaku, Ida-Viru County. From 1972-1975, she studied in Kohila Secondary School and from 1975-1979, in the School of Light Industry. She has worked as a librarian; and from 1980-1992, as a makeup artist in Tallinn Youth Theater and from 1992-1994, in Von Krahl Theater. From 1996-1998, she worked as a journalist in the newspaper Eesti Ekspress, then as an editor in the magazines Stiil and Eesti Naine. She was married to writer Mati Unt.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tUnt debuted in 1987 with poems in Estonian literary magazines. In the 1990s, she published modern psychological stories in the magazine Looming. In 1995, she published the novel Nemad on v\u00f5itjad <\/i>(\u2018They Are the Winners\u2019), which takes a grotesque approach to the problems of creative talent and ambition.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter Mati Unt\u2019s passing in 2005, Lii Unt went to India and stayed there for a while. While living in Varanasi, she wrote the novel Parim n\u00e4itleja linnas. Varanasi p\u00e4evaraamat <\/i>(\u2018Best Actress in Town. Varanasi Diary\u2019, 2007) based on her personal experience with grief. The novel, written in the form of a diary, is a mixture of styles. Its language is precise and the style short, the text is characterized by unexpected twists and comparisons. The author expresses the belief that in a society, which measures humans\u2019 well-being through consumption, people\u2019s natural dignity suffers. India teaches people to view life differently. In 2009, Illusioonimeistrid<\/i> (\u2018Masters of Illusion\u2019), the sequel to the Varanasi Diary, was published.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tL. P. (Translated by A. A.)<\/i><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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Books in Estonian<\/b><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tProse<\/b><\/em>
Nemad on v\u00f5itjad<\/strong>: romaan. Tallinn: Kupar, 1995, 190 lk.
Parim n\u00e4itleja linnas. Varanasi p\u00e4evaraamat<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Ekspressi kirjastus, 2007, 152 lk.
Illusioonimeistrid. Varanasi p\u00e4evaraamat<\/strong>. Tallinn: Menu Kirjastus, 2009, 214 lk.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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