{"id":1714,"date":"2024-04-03T23:41:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/raudam\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T09:40:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T06:40:16","slug":"raudam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/r\/raudam\/","title":{"rendered":"Toomas Raudam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Short stories<\/strong><\/a> \"Toomas<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
About Toomas Raudam<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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Toomas Raudam <\/span>(b. 21. VII 1947) has written novels, short stories, essays, poems, scripts and radio plays. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raudam was born in Paide. He matriculated in 1966 from Paide secondary school and in 1973 graduated from Tartu State University in English philology. After leaving university he started work in the library of Tartu State University. From 1975 to 1977 Raudam worked in the Tallinnfilm studios as a feature film editor; from 1992 to 1993 in the library of the Academy of Sciences and from 1993 to 1994 as a literary consultant to the Estonian Drama Theatre. From 1994 to 1997 he worked on the culture desk of the newspaper Postimees. <\/i>Since 1997 he has been a freelance author. Toomas Raudam\u2019s maternal grandfather was the artist August Roosileht; his aunt was the artist Helve Viidalepp.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raudam began with short stories published in 1968 in the magazine Noorus<\/i>. His debut in book form came with Anti jutud <\/i>(\u2018Anti Stories\u2019) in 1983. His story \u2018Lodus tiivad\u2019 (\u2018Limp Wings\u2019), in the collection Igavene linn <\/i>(\u2018Eternal City\u2019, 1988) won Raudam the Friedebert Tuglas short story prize in 1989. Raudam is one of the most sensitive to style of Estonian writers. His sentences are often long and complex. Through associations and intertextuality he weaves his own excursions of memory into the broader fabric of world literature. He uses unexpected similes and metaphors. At the centre of his works is mostly his own life, especially his childhood and youth in small-town Estonia in the post-war years, his university studies, illness, family incidents, cultural ventures shared with his friends. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The novel Tarzani seiklused Tallinnas <\/i>(\u2018Tarzan\u2019s Adventures in Tallinn\u2019, 1991), is a parody, full of joyful play at every level of the text: the subject matter, which takes place in Tallinn in 1968, offers every possible version of the Tarzan myth. This work won him the 1991 prize for the best novel of the year, awarded by the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raudam has written essays and stories about Modernist writers (Proust, Joyce, Kafka and others) and about classics of rock music (in the collection T\u00e4nulikud surnud,<\/i> \u2018The Grateful Dead\u2019, 2005). One of his most remarkable essays is Teie<\/i> (\u2018You\u2019, 2003). In this essay the author discusses how to appreciate the unique suggestive power of Marcel Proust\u2019s works. Raudam debates with several literary scholars who have concentrated on Proust. For comparison, attention is also paid to the uniqueness of James Joyce\u2019s work. In this book of essays the boundary between the literary and the theoretical approach remains excitingly elusive. In 2003 this work was awarded the annual prize of the Literature Endowment. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raudam\u2019s work also includes film-scripts, some of which have won international awards. For example, the joint Estonian-Latvian film Head k\u00e4ed <\/i>(Good hands), directed by Peeter Simm, won the Golden Olive Tree award at the Festival of European Cinema held at Lecce, Italy in 2002. Raudam also won a separate prize for the script at the festival. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raudam has written a lot of commentaries on current affairs, prose and film criticisms, and introductions to foreign literature.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

L. P. (Translated by C. M.)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Books in Estonian<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Novels<\/b><\/em>
Igavene linn<\/strong> [romaan ja novellid]. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1988. 188 lk.
Miks mitte kirjutada memuaare, kui oled veel noor <\/strong>(romaan novellides). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1990. 229 lk.
Toomas Raudam, Edgar Rice Burroughs, <\/span>Tarzani seiklused Tallinnas<\/strong>. Tallinn: F\u00f6\u00f6niks, 1991. 144 lk.
Saint-Prousti vastu<\/strong>. Kolm k\u00f5nelust ja \u00fcheksa silma (romaan novellides). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2002. 203 lk.
Nips<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2004. 308 lk.
Pime raamat<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2012. 99 lk.
Ja \u00e4ra Kafkat unusta!<\/strong> Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2013. 193 lk.
P\u00f5letatud raamat<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus. 2014. 317 lk.
T\u00fcdruk, kes l\u00e4ks l\u00f5hki<\/strong>. Romaan t\u00e4htedes. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2015. 186 lk.
Armastus p\u00e4rast surma<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2017. 223 lk.
Olen viie aastane: antibiograafia<\/strong>. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2020. 127 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\u00d5nnelik:<\/strong>. Tallinn: EKSA, 2023. 255 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short prose<\/b><\/em>
Anti jutud<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1983. 135 lk.
Kirjutab n\u00e4puga \u00f5hku<\/strong> (novellid ja esseed). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1986.
Muusika kuum sai<\/strong> (novellikogu ja filmistsenaarium). Tallinn: Tuum 1996. 159 lk.
Elus enesetapja<\/strong> (novellikogu ja n\u00e4idend). Tallinn: Virgela 1999. 281 lk.
Jaa<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2000. 263 lk.
Miks Kafka nuttis?<\/strong> Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2000. 195 lk.
Jaak Kino, Kino-Mati ja teised<\/strong> [jutustused ja n\u00e4idend]. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2001. 270 lk.
Miks ma ei taha olla kirjanik?<\/strong> [novellid, s\u00f5nam\u00e4ngud ja luuletus]. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2008. 254 lk.
V\u00e4ike. Anti ja mina, Tuglas ja meri<\/strong> (kogumik). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2009. 239 lk.
Uued Grimmi muinasjutud. Muinasjutt Bob Dylanist<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tuum, 2011. 150 lk.
Vihm<\/strong>. Novellid ja n\u00e4idend. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus. 2016. 205 lk.
Aeg, mis oli 1<\/strong>: 11 lugu. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2018. 216 lk.
Luukered<\/strong>: proosatusi. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2018. 88 lk.
PS. Miks Kafka naeris?<\/strong> Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2019. 552 lk.
Loe, lood, loe!<\/strong> Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2020. 190 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
S\u00f5brad seinast<\/strong>. Tallinn: EKSA, 2024. 200 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essays<\/b><\/em>
K\u00f5hklev essee heitlusest ajaga<\/strong>. Tallinn: Perioodika, 1992. 75 lk.
Minu mina<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tuum 1998. 247 lk.
Teie: essee Marcel Proustist ja James Joyce\u2019ist<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2003. 225 lk.
T\u00e4nulikud surnud<\/strong> (lugusid rock\u2019n\u2019roll<\/i>ist. Novellid ja n\u00e4idend). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2005. 183 lk.
V\u00e4ike \u00e4ratundmiste raamat <\/strong>(esseed ja artiklid). Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2006. 191 lk.
Essee s\u00f5prusest<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tallinna \u00dclikooli Kirjastus, 2011. 240 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poems<\/b><\/em>
Alfabeet<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2011. 103 lk.
See on T<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2014. 51 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plays<\/b><\/em>
Elus enesetapja<\/strong> [novellikogu ja n\u00e4idend]. Tallinn: Virgela 1999. 281 lk.
Jaak Kino, Kino-Mati ja teised<\/strong> [jutustused ja n\u00e4idend]. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2001. 270 lk.
T\u00e4nulikud surnud<\/strong> [lugusid rock\u2019n\u2019roll<\/i>ist. Novellid ja n\u00e4idend]. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2005. 183 lk.
Vihm<\/strong>. Novellid ja n\u00e4idend. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus. 2016. 205 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scripts<\/b><\/em>
Isa sipelgapesa. Inimene, keda polnud. Absoluutne kuulmine<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1990. 133 lk.
Muusika kuum sai<\/strong> (novellikogu ja filmistsenaarium). Tallinn: Tuum 1996. 159 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children\u2019s books<\/b><\/em>
Kolmekordne p\u00e4ike<\/strong> [jutustused]. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1988. 102 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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