{"id":1803,"date":"2024-04-03T23:41:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/mehisheinsaar\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:06:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:06:15","slug":"mehisheinsaar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/h\/mehisheinsaar\/","title":{"rendered":"Mehis Heinsaar"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\"Mehis
\n\t\tPhoto by Juka K\u00e4\u00e4rmann
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\n\tPoems<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tProse<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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

\n\tAbout Mehis Heinsaar<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Mehis Heinsaar (b. Aug 1, 1973) is known primarily as an author of short stories but has also written plays, a novel, and a collection of poems. His work has been translated into several languages, and he is one of the most awarded Estonian writers of the 21st century. Among other awards, Heinsaar has won the Tuglas Short Story Award three times (2000, 2002, 2010)\u2014the most prestigious prize for short stories in Estonia.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHeinsaar\u2019s first poems emerged in 1994 in a poetry contest\u2019s compendium, and his short story debut came in 1997 in a daily paper. In 2001, Heinsaar published two short story collections: Vanameeste n\u00e4ppaja<\/em> (\u2018The Snatcher of Old Men\u2019) and H\u00e4rra Pauli kroonikad<\/em> (\u2018The Chronicles of Mr. Paul\u2019). His other collections of short stories to date are R\u00e4ndaja \u00f5nn<\/em> (\u2018The Traveller\u2019s Happiness\u2019, 2007), Ebatavaline ja \u00e4hvardav loodus<\/em> (\u2018Extraordinary and Threatening Nature\u2019, 2010), and \u00dclikond<\/em> (\u2018The Suit\u2019, 2013).<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2005, he took a crack at longer prose and published his only novel Artur Sandmani lugu ehk Teekond iseenda teise otsa<\/em> (\u2018The Tale of Artur Sandman, or The Journey to the Other End of Self\u2019). His sole poetry collection, S\u00fcgaval elu h\u00e4maras<\/em> (\u2018Deep in the Haze of Life\u2019, 2009), includes poems written from 1992 to 2008.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHeinsaar has a very distinctive and recognizable style, often described as magical realism. He is a fascinating and playful storyteller with the ability to create imaginative fictional worlds. Supernatural, miraculous, and realistic traits are blended effortlessly together with playful ease. This marriage of the real and surreal is reinforced via a strong bond with existing geographical places in Estonia, providing a space for these extraordinary events to transpire. In this way, the elements of magic do not seem to be dreams or lies but rather irreducible elements of the written world.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHis stories often have a romantic character who is reaching for idealistic, unattainable goals. One of his leitmotifs is the attempt to escape mundane reality, often through an encounter with some unexpected phenomenon or event that gives rise to the dislocation of a \u201cnormal\u201d world and life, thus creating an opening to the magical or mystical world beyond the reach of cognition. In this way, ordinary subjects or things undergo metamorphoses to expose the deeper meaning and caginess of human existence. In the end, his characters usually surrender to the state of affairs, filling the stories with somber undertones.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen asked about his fairy-tale-like writing style, Heinsaar has said that it is the only way he sees things and this is how he approaches the real world. In this sense, he doesn\u2019t fictionalize consciously but writes about himself and real life through the eyes of someone who sees everything for the first time.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tA. N. <\/span><\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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Books in Estonian<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\n\tPoems<\/strong><\/em>
S\u00fcgaval elu h\u00e4maras<\/strong>. Luige: Verb, 2009, 111 lk.
Pingev\u00e4ljade aednik<\/strong>. Luige: Verb, 2018, 95 lk.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\n\tNovels<\/em><\/strong>
Artur Sandmani lugu, ehk, Teekond iseenda teise otsa<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tuum, 2005, 245 lk.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\n\tShort stories<\/em><\/strong>
H\u00e4rra Pauli kroonikad<\/strong>. Tallinn: Perioodika (Loomingu Raamatukogu), 2001, 104 lk. [2., t\u00e4iendatud tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: Menu Kirjastus, 2011, 173 lk; e-raamat: Tallinn: Menu Kirjastus, Digira, 2011.]
Vanameeste n\u00e4ppaja<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tuum, 2001, 155 lk.
R\u00e4ndaja \u00f5nn<\/strong>. Tallinn: Verb, 2007, 136 lk.
Ebatavaline ja \u00e4hvardav loodus<\/strong>. Tallinn: Menu Kirjastus, 2010, 151 lk. [E-raamat: Tallinn: Menu Kirjastus, Digira, 2011.]
\u00dclikond: jutte 2003-2013<\/strong>. Tallinn: Menu Kirjastus, 2013, 157 lk. [E-raamat: Tallinn: Menu Kirjastus, Digira, 2011.]
Unistuste tappev kasvamine: jutte ja novelle, muinasjutte ja n\u00e4gemusi siit- ja sealtpoolt Eestimaa teid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Menu Kirjastus, 2016, 231 lk. [E-raamat: Tallinn: Menu Kirjastus, Digira, 2016.]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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