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Avo \u00dcprus (pseudonyms Ave \u00dclenurme and Ave Reig, born 10 January 1954) is a cleric, theatre critic, politician and writer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a youth, \u00dcprus spent more than ten years in prison for robbery, escape and other crimes. He has studied stage directing at Viljandi Culture School (did not graduate). In 1980, he completed Keila Distance Learning Secondary School. In 1999, he graduated from the Institute of Theology of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church and acquired the Master of Social Sciences degree there in 2001.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00dcprus\u2019 life work has been in the area of religion. From 1991\u20131996 and 2016\u20132018, he was a vicar of Tallinn Deanery, from 1991\u20131996 custodian pastor of Tallinn Bethel Congregation and from 2000\u20132016 pastor of the same congregation. He has been active in crime prevention and victim support, and from 1988, has organised voluntary work for the benefit of prisoners. He has been a member of the Estonian Parliament and Tallinn City Council. A member of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union from 1991.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avo \u00dcprus has published five collections of poetry. \u00dcprus\u2019 poems express the Christian message with existential tension and direct ethical fastidiousness. The novel Koopainimesed<\/em> (\u2018Cavemen\u2019) is an allegory of the totalitarian society.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avo \u00dcprus has also written short stories, plays, e.g., Akvaariumihaid<\/em> (\u2018Fish Tank Sharks\u2019, 2003), lyrics for the play P\u00f6ial-Liisi<\/em> (\u2018Thumbelina\u2019, staged at the Estonian Puppet Theatre in 1987), film scripts (Vaata, siin on inimene<\/em> \u2013 \u2018Look, Here\u2019s a Human Being\u2019, 1989, Tallinnfilm), essays and articles on cultural, social and religious themes, including numerous theatre, literature and film reviews.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2001, Avo \u00dcprus was awarded the Order of the White Star, class V.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Poetry<\/em><\/strong>
Aja raamat<\/strong>: tunnetusl\u00f5imi aastaist 1983\u20131985. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1988. 138 lk.
H\u00e4lin ja aeg<\/strong>: luulet ja tunnetusl\u00f5imi 1980\u20131986. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1990. 142 lk.
Toompea vang<\/strong>. Habaja: Kentaur, 2007. 48 lk.
Ingeldus<\/strong>. Harkuj\u00e4rve: Inglitiib, 2018. 193 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Novels<\/em><\/strong>
Koopainimesed<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1990. 157 lk. [Romaan ja novell.]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plays<\/em><\/strong>
Akvaariumihaid<\/strong>: n\u00e4idend 3. vaatuses. Tallinn: VRA Partnerid, 2003. 51 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Avo \u00dcprus<\/em><\/strong>
Avo \u00dcprus, Avo \u00dcprus<\/strong>. Koostanud Margit Arndt-Kalju. Meie Vaimulikud 1. Tallinn: Gallus, 2017, 173 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Avo \u00dcprus (pseudonyms Ave \u00dclenurme and Ave Reig, born 10 January 1954) is a cleric, theatre critic, politician and writer. As a youth, \u00dcprus spent more than ten years in prison for robbery, escape and other crimes. He has studied …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"parent":785,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1731","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1731"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6611,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1731\/revisions\/6611"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}