{"id":1849,"date":"2024-04-03T23:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/ruben\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:06:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:06:06","slug":"ruben","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/r\/ruben\/","title":{"rendered":"Aarne Ruben"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAbout Aarne Ruben<\/span><\/strong><\/a> <\/span><\/strong>\"Aarne<\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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Aarne Ruben <\/span>(b. 17. VII 1971) is a prose writer and poet.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe was born in Tallinn, graduated from Rapla secondary school in 1990 and worked as a journalist after doing his military service. Aarne Ruben studied at the Estonian Institute of the Humanities and in 2008 completed his master\u2019s degree in literary studies at the University of Tallinn; his master\u2019s dissertation was entitled \u2018Karl Ristikivi and the Middle Ages\u2019. In 2013 he worked at the University of Tampere [Finland] as lecturer in Estonian literature. Since 2018 he has worked at the Tartu Raatuse School as a teacher of Estonian language and literature.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tRuben made his debut in 1993 as a poet with the collection Raevule <\/i>(\u2018To Rage\u2019), as one of the authors on a poetry cassette. In 1994 Ruben\u2019s collection Ajakirjanik <\/i>(\u2018The Journalist\u2019) appeared. Aarne Ruben has written short stories and novels, several of which are based on Estonian 20th<\/sup> century history. His best-known work is the novel Volta annab kaeblikku vilet <\/i>(\u2018Volta Gives a Plaintive Whistle\u2019), which tells of the Russian revolution of 1905, Lenin and the Dada movement in Zurich. The book is full of intertextual references; the keynote of the work is parody, pastiche and anecdote. The novel is enjoyable for the intellectual reader, who knows the historical figures and the events of the book. The main protagonist is presented as a kind of national archetype: initially he is courageous but quite simple-minded, like a true mythical hero, who by the end becomes an experienced man. For this work Ruben won first prize in the Estonian novel competition in 2000. Since that year he has been a member of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn nearly all his works Ruben merges historical subject matter with invention. In his subsequent works too, the action follows history. In the novel Elajas trepi eelastmel <\/i>(\u2018The Beast at the Foot of the Stairs\u2019, 2004), the action takes place in the 15th<\/sup> century. Since 1998 Ruben\u2019s short stories have been published in the journal Looming<\/i>. Some of Ruben\u2019s texts have been classified as science fiction, such as the novel Talvehommiku harmas kindakirjad <\/i>(\u2018Mitten-patterns in the Frost of a Winter Morning\u2019, 2016).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tRuben has produced the historical monographs N\u00f5iaprotsessid Eestis <\/i>(\u2018The Witch Trials in Estonia\u2019, 2016) and The Story of Lutheran Sects: In Christ We Speak <\/i>(2020). He has also published research articles on the semiotics of historical materials in the journal Semiotica <\/i>and elsewhere.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tL. P. (Translated by C. M.)<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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Books in Estonia<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNovels<\/b><\/em>
Vares-Barbaruse valitsus<\/strong>: ajaloolis-publitsistlik draama. Tallinn: SE&JS, 2001. 246 lk.
Volta annab kaeblikku vilet<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2001. 346 lk.
Elajas trepi eelastmel<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tuum, 2004. 237 lk.
Kr\u00f6itsi s\u00f5jaaegne vaimulaps<\/strong>. Tallinn: Pegasus, 2008. 454 lk.
\u00c4rid kuuliaukudega majades<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2009. 235 lk.
Viimne kohtup\u00e4ev<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2010. 150 lk.
Ilusast naisest ei saa head muumiat<\/strong>: globaalne p\u00f5nevusromaan. Muraste [Harjumaa]: Randvelt Kirjastus, 2011. 299 lk.
P\u00fcstol Waltheriga metsikutes laantes<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2011. 207 lk.
Karl Kiilaspea p\u00e4rijad<\/strong>: romaan sellest, kuis \u00fcks r\u00fc\u00fctel oma armsa ratsu tagasi saab. Tartu: Fantaasia, 2013. 200 lk.
Sinine soon k\u00e4ttemaksja peas<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2014. 175 lk.
Talvehommiku harmas kindakirjad<\/strong>: m\u00f5istatuslik lugu Djatlovi kurust. Tartu: Fantaasia, 2016. 126 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tShort prose<\/b><\/em>
Lugusid Anveltist ja Kingissepast<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2007. 190 lk.
\u00d6\u00f6naine valguses ja varjus<\/strong>: kaksteist moraalilugu ajaloost. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2019. 239 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPoems<\/b><\/em>
Raevule<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1993. 63 lk.
Ajakirjanik<\/strong>. Tallinn: A. Ruben, 1994. 39 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMonographs<\/b><\/em>
Raeapteegi lugu<\/strong>. Tallinn: Revali Raeapteegi Muuseumi \u00dching, 2013. 166 lk.
N\u00f5iaprotsessid Eestis<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2016. 351 lk.
The Story of Lutheran Sects: In Christ We Speak<\/strong>. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020. 110 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTravel guides<\/b><\/em>
Rooma reisijuht<\/strong>. P\u00f5hjalik teekond Rooma ajaloo ja kultuuri juurde. Tallinn: Go Group, 2012. 335 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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