{"id":163,"date":"2024-04-03T23:39:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/normet\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:10:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:10:52","slug":"normet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/n\/normet\/","title":{"rendered":"Dagmar Normet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNon-fiction<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>\"Dagmar<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tDagmar Normet <\/span>(until 1940 Dagmar-Sarlia Rubinstein, Estonicised name Dagmar Randa, from 1945 Normet; 13. II 1921 \u2013 16. X 2008) was a children\u2019s author.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She was born and educated in Tallinn, then studied physical culture at the University of Tartu from 1940 to 1941; then, having fled from the war to the Soviet Union, studied Russian language and literature at the Ulyanovsk Pedagogical Institute, at the Higher Institute of Physical Culture in Moscow, and then again at the State University of Tartu, graduating in 1945 as a physical education instructor. She worked as a teacher of physical culture, and among other things she conducted the morning exercise programmes on Estonian Radio from 1946 to 1953. From 1956 onward she concentrated on writing. She was a member of the Estonian Theatre Association (from 1964) and the Writers\u2019 Union (from 1988). She was awarded the Order of the White Star, Class V (2007). From 1945 to 1960 she was married to the composer Leo Normet (1922 \u2013 1995). She died in Tallinn and is buried in the Metsakalmistu (\u2018Forest Cemetery\u2019), Tallinn.<\/p>\n

The first books by Normet, who came to children\u2019s literature in the forties, were the verse stories Maales\u00f5it <\/i>(\u2018A Trip to the Country\u2019, 1948) and Me ehitame maja <\/i>(\u2018We\u2019re Building a House\u2019, 1957), and the books that won her wider recognition, Une-Mati, P\u00e4ris-Mati ja Tups <\/i>(\u2018Mati the Sandman, the Real Mati and Tups\u2019, 1979) and Une-Mati rannak\u00fclas <\/i>(\u2018Mati the Sandman at the Coastal Village\u2019, 1986), which, typically for the author, intertwine elements of fairy-tale and fantasy with the everyday world, and, along with an adventure story, impart knowledge to children. So it is with the children\u2019s novel L\u00f5vi ja lohe<\/i> (\u2018The Lion and the Dragon\u2019, 1993), where the action moves from the present day to the Middle Ages. In Normet\u2019s joyfully nuanced works, the characters often travel in space and time, learning from their immediate experience. Normet also wrote plays for children, radio plays, and scripts for television productions and puppet films; the plays for children are collected in Lavalood lastele <\/i>(\u2018Stage Stories for Children\u2019, 2008).<\/p>\n

For adults Normet wrote opera libretti and film scripts, the best known of which is the classic Estonian comedy film Vallatud kurvid <\/i>(\u2018Wild Curves\u2019, 1959, directors Juli Kun, Kaljo Kiisk), for which she was one of the writers.<\/p>\n

She wrote a monograph about the actor, director and costume artist Lo Tui (1973) and was one of the compilers of a collection about the legendary gymnastics teacher, Ernst Idla \u2013 v\u00f5lur Tallinnast <\/i>(\u2018Ernst Idla \u2013 the Magician from Tallinn\u2019, 1991).<\/p>\n

The books of memoirs Avanevad uksed <\/i>(\u2018Opening Doors\u2019, 2001) and \u2026ainult v\u00f5ti taskus <\/i>(\u2018\u2026only a key in my pocket\u2019, 2004) give an insight into the course of a life in which a childhood and youth passed in twenties in the Republic of Estonia were exchanged for the totally different world of the forties.<\/p>\n

A. K. (Translated by C. M.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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

\n\tChildren\u2019s literature<\/b><\/font><\/em>
Maales\u00f5it<\/strong>: matkimism\u00e4ng lastele. Tallinn: Ilukirjandus ja Kunst, 1948, 16 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 1949.]
Me ehitame maja<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1957, 12 lk.<\/font>
Delfiinia<\/strong>: jutustus. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1975, 84 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 1993.]
Une-Mati, P\u00e4ris-Mati ja Tups<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1979, 111 lk. [J\u00e4rgmised tr\u00fckid: 1999, 2016.]
K\u00fcmme ust, ehk, Meie maja rahvas<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1985, 64 lk.
Une-Mati rannak\u00fclas<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1986, 143 lk. [J\u00e4rgmised tr\u00fckid: 1999, 2016.]
Naeratuste vikerkaar<\/strong>: j\u00f5ulumuinasjutt. Rapla: Graafiline Produktsioon, 1992, 18 lk.
L\u00f5vi ja lohe<\/strong>: lasteromaan. Tallinn: Koolibri, 1993, 174 lk.
Lavalood lastele<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2008, 269 lk.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMemoirs<\/b><\/font><\/em>
Avanevad uksed<\/strong>. Tallinn: D. Normet, 2001, 216 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 2010.]
\u2026ainult v\u00f5ti taskus<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2004, 322 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 2010.]<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Miscellaneous<\/b><\/font><\/em>
Lo Tui<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1973, 40 lk.<\/font><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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