{"id":1764,"date":"2024-04-03T23:41:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/sirge\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:06:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:06:20","slug":"sirge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/s\/sirge\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudolf Sirge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNovels <\/a><\/span><\/strong>\"Rudolf<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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

\n\tAbout Rudolf Sirge<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tRudolf Sirge (30.\/17. XII 1904 \u2013 24. VIII 1970) was one of the central prose authors of the Soviet era.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe was born in Tartu and educated in V\u00f5ru County and Tartu. After dropping out of university, he lived in various places and worked odd jobs. In the end of 1920s and beginning of 1930s, he worked for different journals and magazines. From 1932-1933, he was a journalist onboard the sailing yacht Ahto that intended to sail around the world but was forced to end the trip early. From 1937-1940, he was the press consultant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; from 1940, the manager of the press department of the Johannes Vares-Barbarus led government. After this, he was the head of the Estonian News Agency and until the war broke out between Germany and the Soviet Union, he worked as the department manager of the Soviet Estonian State Publishing House. He was imprisoned during the German occupation and released in 1942. In 1930, he became a member of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union in 1930 and in 1944, of the Soviet Estonian Writers\u2019 Union. From 1944 to 1945, he worked as a secretary for the Writers\u2019 Union and in 1946, 1951-1958 and 1965-1968, he held different positions at Looming editorial board. He was also a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR. His novel Rahu! Leiba! Maad!<\/em> (\u2018Peace! Bread! Land!\u2019, 1929) came second at the Loodus publishing house\u2019s novel competition. His stories Logi<\/em> (\u2018Log\u2019) and Samm-sammult<\/em> (\u2018Step by Step\u2019) received the State Prize of the Soviet Estonia in 1948. In 1957, he became the Merited Writer of the ESSR. His novel Maa ja rahvas<\/em> (\u2018Land and People\u2019, 1956) received the literary award of the E. Vilde collective farm in 1965. He is buried at Tallinna Metsakalmistu (Forest Cemetery).<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHis literary debut came in the beginning of the 1920s with short prose and children\u2019s stories. His prose collections V\u00f5\u00f5ras v\u00f5im<\/em> (\u2018Foreign Power\u2019, 1927) and Maanteel<\/em> (\u2018On the Highway\u2019, 1927) explore social topics and have an air of protest. His novel Rahu! Leiba! Maad!<\/em> (\u2018Peace! Bread! Land!\u2019, 1929), which depicts the events of 1917 and 1918 and slum life in Tartu, received more attention. The novel was re-worked to fit the Soviet agenda ja re-published under the title Tulukesed luhal<\/em> (\u2018Lights on the Flood-meadow\u2019, 1961). The novel Must suvi<\/em> (\u2018Black Summer\u2019, 1936) describes the 1918 German occupation. Among his early works, his psychological novel H\u00e4bi s\u00fcdames<\/em> (\u2018Ashamed at Heart\u2019, 1938) is considered the most artistically accomplished.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHis short prose consists of period portrayals with a psychological component, such as in the story collection V\u00e4ikesed soovid<\/em> (\u2018Small Wishes\u2019, 1936), descriptions of German occupation in the collection Algava p\u00e4eva eel<\/em> (\u2018Before the New Day\u2019, 1947), contemporary stories in \u00dchise t\u00f6\u00f6 r\u00fctmis<\/em> (\u2018In the Pace of Shared Work\u2019, 1951) and village themes in Kutsuv rada<\/em> (\u2018Beckoning Trail\u2019, 1954). The prose collection Tuultest sasitud<\/em> (\u2018Ruffled by Winds\u2019, 1965) includes one of his most outstanding short stories of short prose, Rabam\u00e4nnid<\/em> (\u2018Bog Pines\u2019). This collection also has passionately written fishing stories along with nature descriptions, which bring new tones and colors to Sirge\u2019s works.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSirge\u2019s main work is Maa ja rahvas<\/em> (\u2018Land and People\u2019, 1956), which is one of the most important novels of 1950s Soviet Estonian literature and describes the turbulent time of 1940-1941 in an Estonian village. The character of the old landlord Logina Petri is remarkable, along with the fact that for the first time in Soviet Estonian literature, the 1941 deportations are described.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBeing well-traveled, Sirge also wrote many travelogues: from the controversial T\u00e4nap\u00e4eva Venemaa<\/em> (\u2018Russia of Today\u2019, co-authored with Aleksander Antson, 1930), which describes his trip in the Soviet Union, to the work Mitmest kaarest<\/em> (\u2018From Many Directions\u2019, 1964), which has descriptions of his trips from 1929-1952. The latter work also includes a description of his unfinished round the world trip titled Sule ja purjega<\/em> (\u2018With Pen and Sail\u2019). The collection Meretaguste juures<\/em> (\u2018Visiting Across the Sea\u2019, 1968) has stories of his later trips to the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom the 1920s up to the Soviet period, Sirge was also a prolific critic. He mainly translated from Russian and English and was also the translator of Robinson Crusoe (1950).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A. K. (Translated by A. S.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Novels<\/em><\/strong>
Rahu! Leiba! Maad!<\/strong>. [2. k\u00f6idet.] Tartu: Loodus, 1929, 782 lk.
Must suvi<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1936, 217 lk. [2. tr 2007.]
H\u00e4bi s\u00fcdames<\/strong>. Tartu: Eesti Kirjastuse Kooperatiiv, 1938, 397 lk. [J\u00e4rgnevad tr\u00fckid: 1959, 1976.]
Maa ja rahvas<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1956, 639 lk. [J\u00e4rgnevad tr\u00fckid: 1959, 1965, 1976.]
Tulukesed luhal (Rahu! Leiba! Maad!)<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1961, 639 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 1977.]
Kolmekesi lauas<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1970, 152 lk.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tStories<\/em><\/strong>
Maanteel<\/strong>. Novelle. Tartu: S\u00f5navara, 1927, 167 lk.
V\u00f5\u00f5ras v\u00f5im<\/strong>. Kaks juttu. Tartu: S\u00f5navara, 1927, 94 lk.
V\u00e4ikesed soovid<\/strong>. Lihtsaid jutte. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1935, 191 lk.
Luhtunud lennud<\/strong>. Kaks juttu. Tartu: Eesti Kirjastuse Kooperatiiv, 1937, 205 lk.
Algava p\u00e4eva eel<\/strong>. Novellid. Tallinn: Ilukirjandus ja Kunst, 1947, 310 lk.
\u00dchise t\u00f6\u00f6 r\u00fctmis<\/strong>. Jutustusi. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1951, 253 lk.
Kutsuv rada<\/strong>. Jutustusi. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1954, 291 lk.
Tuultest sasitud<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1965, 255 lk.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPlays<\/em><\/strong>
\u00c4ri huvides<\/strong>. Tallinn: Autorikaitse \u00dching, 1936, 44 lk.
Must suvi<\/strong>. N\u00e4idend 3 vaatuses 9 pildis samanimelise romaani ainestikul Saksa okupatsiooniajast. Tallinn: Autorikaitse \u00dching, 1937, 151 lk.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tChildren\u2019s books<\/em><\/strong>
V\u00e4ike, aga tubli<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilukirjandus ja Kunst, 1949, 85 lk. [J\u00e4rgnevad tr\u00fckid: 1954, 1986.]<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTravelogues<\/em><\/strong>
Rudolf Sirge, Aleksander Antson, T\u00e4nap\u00e4eva Venemaa<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1930, 231 lk.
Mitmest kaarest. Reisireportaa\u017ee aastaist 1929-1952<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1964, 334 lk.
Meretaguste juures<\/strong>. Reaktiiv-reisipilte. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1968, 288 lk.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNon-fiction<\/em><\/strong>
J\u00f3zef Pilsudski: uue Poola looja<\/strong>. Tartu: Eesti Kirjanduse Selts, 1937, 159 lk.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tCollected works<\/em><\/strong>
Teosed, 1. k\u00f6ide. H\u00e4bi s\u00fcdames<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1976, 280 lk.
Teosed, 2. k\u00f6ide. Maa ja rahvas<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1976, 607 lk.
Teosed, 3. k\u00f6ide. Tulukesed luhal (Rahu! Leiba! Maad!)<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1977, 576 lk.
Teosed, 4. k\u00f6ide. L\u00fchiproosa, 1. osa: 1924-1938<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1978, 316 lk.
Teosed, 5. k\u00f6ide. L\u00fchiproosa, 2. osa: 1941-1967<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1979, 432 lk.
Teosed, 6. k\u00f6ide. Jutustused<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1980, 464 lk.
Teosed, 7. k\u00f6ide. Reisipublitsistika<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1980, 589 lk.
Teosed, 8. k\u00f6ide. Otse ja serviti: vaatlusi, vaagimisi, arvamusi a. 1927-1966<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1982, 288 lk.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAbout Rudolf Sirge<\/em><\/strong>
\u00dclo Tonts, Rudolf Sirge. L\u00fchimonograafia<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1974, 156 lk. [Sari \u2018Eesti kirjamehi\u2019.]<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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