{"id":1633,"date":"2024-04-03T23:41:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/jogisalu\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:06:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:06:43","slug":"jogisalu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/j\/jogisalu\/","title":{"rendered":"Harri J\u00f5gisalu"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tShort stories<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAbout Harri J\u00f5gisalu<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>\n<\/p>\n

Harri J\u00f5gisalu (until 1936 Harri Konstabel, 24. VIII 1922 \u2013 18. IX 2014) was an Estonian children\u2019s author, known primarily for his stories of nature and traditional rural life.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

J\u00f5gisalu was born at R\u00fc\u00fcsmaa farm in Korju village, Paadrema parish in L\u00e4\u00e4nemaa county. At the age of eight, after his mother\u2019s death, he moved to Tallinn with his father. In 1936 he completed Paadrema primary school, and in 1941 Tallinn Secondary School of Business. At the beginning of the Second World War he held a teacher\u2019s post at Martna primary school and a headmaster\u2019s post at R\u00f5ude primary school; during the war he served in the German army and from 1944 he spent two years as a prisoner of war at Parakhino in Russia.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

After returning from the war, in 1950 graduated in biology and geography from the Tallinn Teachers\u2019 Institute, and in 1955 from the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute as a teacher of chemistry and biology. Thereafter he worked as a teacher, first at Saulepi primary school, and later served for more than thirty years at M\u00e4rjamaa Secondary School (1947-1978), where he wrote plays for children, established a \u2018nature corner\u2019 and started writing stories. In 1962 J\u00f5gisalu received an award as a Merited Teacher of the Estonian SSR, and made his debut as a writer in 1967 with his first book, K\u00e4opoja t\u00e4nu<\/em> (\u2018The Cuckoo-chick\u2019s Thanks\u2019).<\/span><\/p>\n

From 1977 he was a member of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union, from 1978 to 1984 a professional author, from 1984 to 1990 the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union\u2019s consultant on foreign relation, and from 1990 to 1992 the secretary to its board. From 1960 to 1991 he belonged to the CPSU. J\u00f5gisalu spent his last decades at M\u00e4rjamaa as a freelance writer.<\/span><\/p>\n

He wrote many animal stories for children and young people, drawing a philosophy of life from them. J\u00f5gisalu\u2019s books exalting the beauty of Estonia are in their way a reflection of his times, a landmark of the days where the children\u2019s playground was, rather than the screens of today, the forests, meadows, flood-plains and pasture-lands, which offered a host of opportunities to discover the wonders of nature and follow the lives of animals, with no hurry to get anywhere, but going slowly and noticing one\u2019s surroundings. Just as important as the nature of his homeland to him was the wisdom of his forefathers being carried forward, and care for natural heritage.<\/span><\/p>\n

He translated two books for young people from German (Mirjam Pressler\u2019s novel Kui \u00f5nn saabub, paku talle istet<\/em> (\u2018When happiness arrives, offer it a seat\u2019, Kupar, 2000) and Marjaleena Lembcke\u2019s Suvi, kui k\u00f5ik oli armunud<\/em> (\u2018The Summer when Everyone was in Love\u2019, Eesti Raamat, 2001). Of his own works, K\u00e4rp<\/em> (\u2018The Stoat\u2019), which won the Juhan Smuul Prize in 1982, has been translated into Russian, and his stories have been published in a dozen other foreign languages.<\/span><\/p>\n

J\u00f5gisalu was a respected nature conservator. He was a founder member of the Estonian Society for Nature Protection in 1966. At the conference of the Estonian Green Movement (ERL) on \u201cThe Forest and Culture\u201d he gave a lecture which was printed in the conference proceedings (ERL, 1997) and in 2013 he was given the Estonian nature protection award.<\/span><\/p>\n

J\u00f5gisalu\u2019s creative legacy includes over two dozen books, one of the most highly regarded of which is Maaleib<\/em> (\u2018Bread of the Land\u2019, 1984), which describes the island of Kihnu and its culture, with illustrations by Henno K\u00e4o. It also won the Juhan Smuul Literary Prize (1986) and was declared the best children\u2019s book in the whole Soviet Union (1987). J\u00f5gisalu was an honorary citizen of both M\u00e4rjamaa and Kihnu.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2001 J\u00f5gisalu was awarded the Order of the White Star, V class, and in 2013 the Estonian Cultural Endowment\u2019s Kultuurip\u00e4rl (\u2018cultural pearl\u2019) award.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tChildren\u2019s books<\/em><\/strong>
K\u00e4opoja t\u00e4nu<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1967, 64 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 1971.]
Sass ja Jass<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1968, 64 lk.
Suut\u00e4is soolast<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1974, 87 lk.
N\u00f5iutud allikas<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1974, 131 lk. [Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1981, 88 lk.]
K\u00e4rp<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1981, 159 lk.
Maaleib<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1984, 304 lk.
Harri J\u00f5gisalu, Lembit Tihkan, Lugusid vanalt L\u00e4\u00e4nemaalt<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1989, 215 lk.
Metsapaharet<\/strong>. Tallinn: 1993, 207 lk.
Harri J\u00f5gisalu, Lembit Tihkan, Tulih\u00e4nda p\u00fc\u00fcdmas<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2001, 296 lk.
Vesiratta Madis<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilo, 2005, 240 lk.
Linnavarblane maal<\/strong>. Tallinn: TEA Kirjastus, 2007, 96 lk.
Vennikese ja tema s\u00f5prade lood<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilo, 2007, 86 lk.
Lummus<\/strong>. Tallinn: Faatum, 2011, 254 lk.
Muistendid igavikust<\/strong>. Tallinn: Faatum, 2012, 111 lk.
Liisi, Kaspar ja teised kiisud<\/strong>. Tallinn: Faatum, 2013, 176 lk.<\/span><\/p>\n

Memoirs<\/em><\/strong>
Valel poolel<\/strong>. Tallinn: Faatum, 1998, 207 lk.
Grand Marinast Kadriorgu<\/strong>. Tallinn: Faatum, 2007, 470 lk.
M\u00e4lestused. 1. osa<\/strong>. Tallinn: Faatum, 2011, 423 lk.
M\u00e4lestused. 2. osa<\/strong>. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2011, 296 lk.<\/p>\n

Non-fiction<\/em><\/strong>
Harri J\u00f5gisalu, Eha Hiie, Emakeele lugemik III klassile<\/strong>. Tallinn: Valgus, 1983, 216 lk.
Kihnu ning Man\u00f5ja<\/strong>. Tallinn: Maalehe Raamat, 2001, 96 lk.
Harri J\u00f5gisalu, Lembit Tihkan, Kohtumised<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilo, 2004, 119 lk.
Meri p\u00f5l\u00f5m\u2019te paljas vesi<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilo, 2006, 240 lk.
Vesiratta Talumuuseum<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilo, 2006, 248 lk.
Harri J\u00f5gisalu, Lembit Tihkan, Paiganimesid Velise mailt ja ratastuuri l\u00e4hikonnast<\/strong>. Velise: Velise Kultuuri ja Hariduse Selts, 2008, 40 lk.
Eesti vanas\u00f5nade juturaamat<\/strong>. Tallinn: Faatum, 2014, 123 lk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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