{"id":1752,"date":"2024-04-03T23:41:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/sommer\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:06:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:06:21","slug":"sommer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/s\/sommer\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauri Sommer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPoems<\/span><\/strong><\/a> <\/span><\/strong>\"Lauri<\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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

\n\tAbout Lauri Sommer<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\n<\/p>\n

Lauri Sommer (up to 1991 Soomere, born 2 April 1973) is a poet, prose writer, literature researcher and musician.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSommer was born and attended school in Viljandi. For one year, he studied librarianship at Viljandi Culture College. Sommer graduated from the University of Tartu in the speciality of literature and defended a MA thesis on <\/span><\/span><\/span>Uku Masing<\/a><\/span><\/span> there. He belongs to the literary grouping Erakkond and to the music groups Liinat\u015buraq, Kago and \u00dctsiots\u00f5. He is a member of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union from 1999.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSommer began to publish poems in the newspaper Sakala<\/em> from 1990. His first poetry collection Laurila<\/em> appeared in 1998. Its tone is set by the young man\u2019s introspective searches along with pictures of nature. The debut collection reveals textual and contentual closeness to Uku Masing whose style Sommer has developed further. Interest in nature, in the world of magic and incantations, in old local spirits and Oriental visions can also be noticed in the collection N\u00f5idade \u00f5rnus<\/em> (\u2018Sorcerers\u2019 Tenderness\u2019, 2004), which received the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Gustav Suits<\/a><\/span><\/span> Poetry Prize in 2005. Language usage in Sommer\u2019s poetry is idiosyncratic as dialect and slang words, colloquial language and elevated style intertwine.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHis first prose collection Kolm yksiklast<\/em> (\u2018Three Loners\u2019, 2010) received the Literature Endowment Annual Award. It presents the stories of three persons essential for the author \u2013 Setu village healer Darja (Sommer\u2019s great-grandmother), musician Nick Drake and Uku Masing. They are all connected by the theme of loneliness. Different persons and stories of a certain place are connected in a book with an autobiographical undertone, R\u00e4estu raamat<\/em> (\u2018The Book of R\u00e4estu\u2019, 2012), which is centred on Sommer\u2019s home village R\u00e4estu in V\u00f5ru County. Along with introspective journeys, the book includes documentary material and stories which are entwined into an idiosyncratic whole emphasising the meaningfulness of the geographical place and history. In 2012, the book received the Literature Endowment Annual Award and the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Bernard Kangro<\/a><\/span><\/span> Literary Prize. A counterpart to R\u00e4estu raamat is Sealpool sood<\/em> (\u2018Beyond the Bog\u2019, 2014), which also deals with local history, concentrating on the surroundings of Viljandi, particularly on the village of J\u00e4mejala, and the author\u2019s paternal family. Different places in Tartu and the people related to them are spotlighted through introspective, dreamlike and personal occurrences in the book Toome tuled<\/em> (\u2018Lights on Toome Hill\u2019, 2022) where Sommer intertwines them in his characteristic manner.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to poetry and prose, Sommer has written about literature and music, translated (among others Richard Brautigan and Georg Trakl) and presented radio programmes.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSommer has also twice received the Annual Award of the journal Looming<\/em> (2001, 2007); the Literature Endowment article award for Uku Masingu k\u00e4sikirja \u201eSaadik Megellani pilvest\u201c vaimne, ajalis-ruumiline ja elulooline taust<\/em> (\u2018Spiritual, Temporal, Spatial and Biographical Background to Uku Masing\u2019s Manuscript \u201cThe Envoy from Magellan\u2019s Cloud\u201d\u2019), which is based on his MA thesis; the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Juhan Liiv<\/a><\/span><\/span> Poetry Prize (2014), the <\/span><\/span><\/span>August Gailit<\/a><\/span><\/span> Short Story Prize for P\u00e4rlipyydjad<\/em> (\u2018Pearl Divers\u2019) and the Order of the White Star, class V. Sommer received the writer\u2019s salary from 2021\u20132023.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tA. K. (Translated by I. A.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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

Poetry collections<\/em><\/strong>
Laurila<\/strong>: 1992-1997. Tartu: Erakkond, 1998, 83 lk
Raagraamis poiss<\/strong>: luuletused ja t\u00f5lked: 1990-1992. Tartu: Eesti \u00dcli\u00f5pilaste Selts Veljesto, 2001, 96 lk
N\u00f5idade \u00f5rnus<\/strong>: 1998-2003. S\u00e4nna: Tiivaalune, 2004, 86 lk
K.L. ja N.<\/strong>: 2004-2007. R\u00e4estu: Tiivaalune, 2008, 83 lk
Kunagi<\/strong>: 2008-2015. R\u00e4estu: Tiivaalune, 2015, 86 lk
Kodu kaduvas<\/strong>. Viru: Tiivaalune, 2019, 34 lk<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tShort prose<\/em><\/strong>
Kolm yksiklast<\/strong>. Tallinn: Menu Kirjastus, 2010, 196 lk
R\u00e4estu raamat<\/strong>. Tallinn: Menu Kirjastus, 2012, 272 lk [j\u00e4rgmised tr\u00fckid: 2013]
Sealpool sood<\/strong>: 2006-2014. Tallinn: Menu Kirjastus, 2014, 270 lk
Lugusid l\u00f5unast<\/strong>: 2012-2016. Tallinn: Menu Meedia, 2016, 197 lk
L\u00f5putu soovid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Menu, 2020, 134 lk
Toome tuled<\/strong>: 2015-2021. Tallinn: Menu, 2022, 314 lk<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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