{"id":1880,"date":"2024-04-03T23:42:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/oliviasaar\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T00:36:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T22:36:01","slug":"oliviasaar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/s\/oliviasaar\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Saar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poems<\/strong><\/a> \"Olivia<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olivia Saar <\/span>(until 1954 Olivia Valdmaa, 18 X 1931 \u2013 16 III 2025) was a children\u2019s author and poet.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olivia Saar was born in Narva. Her childhood home was at M\u00e4etaguse in Virumaa county, where her parents were farmers. Saar attended M\u00e4etaguse primary school and Rakvere Pedagogical School, graduated in 1952 from Tallinn Teachers\u2019 Institute and in 1959 from the Tallinn Pedagogical Institute, specialising in Estonian language and literature. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 1952 to 1955 Saar worked in the editorial office of the children\u2019s newspaper S\u00e4de<\/i>, and from 1955 to 1987 on the children\u2019s magazine Pioneer<\/i>. From 1992 to 2006 she worked in the registry of the Tallinn children\u2019s hospital. From 2006 to 2011, working as senior consultant on children\u2019s literature for TEA publishers, Saar initiated several successful series of children\u2019s books, and compiled and edited several collections. Since 1982 until her death she belonged to the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union. Olivia Saar was married to the writer Juhan Saar (1929 \u2013 2007).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olivia Saar began her poetry career with rhythmic, joyful-sounding verses about children and animals. By her own acknowledgement, she became a children\u2019s author thanks to her work with children\u2019s periodicals. Her first poetry collection was Tere, tere tedret\u00e4hnid <\/i>(\u2018Hello, Hello, Freckles\u2019, 1966). Since then she published about thirty children\u2019s poetry collections. The lyrical tone and the depth increased over the years. Saar\u2019s poems are abundantly inspired by children and have simple rhyme and rhythm schemes. She won recognition for her lively poems about nature and the home.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best known and loved of Olivia Saar\u2019s prose books for children is the humorous collection of allegorical stories L\u00f5vi L\u00f5rr ja j\u00e4nes Jass <\/i>(\u2018L\u00f5rr the Lion and Jass the Hare\u2019, 1972), of which there have been several expanded reprints and a television production. In 1981 Olivia Saar produced a collection of lyrical short pieces of reminiscence, M\u00e4ngitud m\u00e4ngud <\/i>(\u2018The Games That Were Played\u2019), and in 1993 a compilation of children\u2019s stories and poems, Maasikamaiad <\/i>(\u2018Crazy About Strawberries\u2019). <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saar produced two books of memoirs for adults, Humalapuu <\/i>(\u2018The Hop Tree\u2019, 2005) and Kanarbikukartus <\/i>(\u2018Fear of Heather\u2019, 2010) as well as a collection of aphorisms in verse and prose, Hetked endas <\/i>(\u2018Moments to Oneself\u2019, 2016).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1988 a selection of Olivia Saar\u2019s poetry, Tuulelillede tuba <\/i>(\u2018A Room of Wind-flowers\u2019), was awarded the Karl Eduard S\u00f6\u00f6t prize for children\u2019s poetry. In 2017 she was awarded the Order of the White Star, class V. <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

L. P. (Translated by C. M.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Poems<\/b><\/em>
Tere, tere, tedret\u00e4hnid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1966. 47 lk.
Kure sukad<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1968. 35 lk.
Pesukaru pesup\u00e4ev<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1969. 32 lk.
Suveajal metsarajal<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1970. 24 lk.
Varsakabjad<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1970. 20 lk.
P\u00e4ike jookseb kaasa<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1971. 32 lk.
Mis v\u00e4rvi on kodu<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1975. 37 lk.
Pisikesed pildid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1979. 37 lk.
Laulvad liivad<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1985. 49 lk.
Naerulohkudega maailm<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1986. 31 lk.
Tuulelillede tuba<\/strong>: valikkogu. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1988. 93 lk.
Peegeldused<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1989. 96 lk.
N\u00f6\u00f6bilugejad<\/strong>. Tallinn: K\u00e4rp, 1991. 44 lk.
Kui kuivab kaev<\/strong>. Tallinn: Gramma, 1994. 30 lk.
Igal puul on elujooned<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilo, 2001. 31 lk.
Kuldne kuljus loogapuul<\/strong>: valikkogu. Tallinn: TEA Kirjastus, 2007. 41 lk.
Vihmavarjude vikerkaar<\/strong>: valikkogu. Tallinn: TEA Kirjastus, 2007. 59 lk.
Karuselli karussell<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tammerraamat, 2013. 43 lk.
T\u00e4pi Triinu<\/strong>. Tallinn: Koolibri, 2013. 30 lk.
Pika suka p\u00e4kapikk<\/strong>: j\u00f5ulu- ja talveluuletusi. Tallinn: Koolibri, 2015. 46 lk.
P\u00e4ike s\u00fcles<\/strong>: luulet lastele 1966\u20132012. Tallinn: Tammerraamat, 2016. 203 lk.
T\u00e4hed on taevatuled<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tammerraamat, 2019. 24 lk.
P\u00e4\u00e4suke ja p\u00e4ike<\/strong>. Saue: P\u00e4ike ja Pilv, 2020. 32 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children\u2019s stories<\/b><\/em>
L\u00f5vi L\u00f5rr ja j\u00e4nes Jass<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1972. 31 lk.
M\u00e4ngitud m\u00e4ngud<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1981. 32 lk.
Maasikamaiad<\/strong>. Luuletused ja jutud. Tallinn: Oktoober, 1993. 30 lk.
Klaasikillum\u00e4ng<\/strong>. L\u00fchijutud ja luuletused. Tallinn: Ilo, 2001. 55 lk.
L\u00f5vi L\u00f5rr ja J\u00e4nes Jass: vanad ja uued lood<\/strong>. Tallinn: TEA Kirjastus, 2008. 47 lk.
L\u00f5vi L\u00f5rr ja J\u00e4nes Jass seiklevad j\u00e4lle<\/strong>. Tallinn: TEA Kirjastus, 2011. 55 lk.
Robi<\/strong>. Tallinn: TEA Kirjastus, 2012. 35 lk.
Hiirepoiss Krips ja rotipoiss Kraps<\/strong>. Tallinn: TEA Kirjastus, 2013. 32 lk.
L\u00f5vi L\u00f5rri ja J\u00e4nes Jassi seiklused: k\u00f5ik vanad ja uued lood<\/strong>. Tallinn: TEA Kirjastus, 2013. 92 lk.
Hilpharakas. T\u00e4nased muinaslood<\/strong>. Tallinn: Koolibri, 2014. 26 lk.
Edev nina<\/strong>. Luuletused ja jutud. Tartu: Petrone Print, 2016. 96 lk.
Kippu ega k\u00f5ppu<\/strong>. Tallinn: Pegasus, 2017. 30 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short prose<\/b><\/em>
Hetked endas<\/strong>. M\u00f5ttem\u00f5lgutusi ilmast, inimestest, iseendast aastatel 1990\u20132015. Tallinn: Ajakirjade Kirjastus, 2016. 167 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Memoirs<\/b><\/em>
Humalapuu<\/strong>. Tallinn: Canopus, 2005. 176 lk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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