{"id":1886,"date":"2024-04-03T23:42:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/liives\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:06:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:06:00","slug":"liives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/l\/liives\/","title":{"rendered":"Ardi Liives"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPlays <\/a><\/strong>\"Ardi<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAbout Ardi Liives<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tArdi Liives (until 1939 Liinev, 31. VIII 1929 \u2013 9. XII 1992) was a playwright and prose writer.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe was born and studied in Tallinn and at the Tartu State University, where he graduated in law. From 1953 to 1962 he worked in the editorial office of the newspaper \u00d5htuleht<\/em>, and later became a professional writer in Tallinn. He was a member of the Writers\u2019 Union from 1958, and of the Estonian Theatre Association from 1954 to 1973. He died in Tallinn, and is buried in Liiva cemetery.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tLiives, who started writing plays early, merited prominence even with his first works: Uus elu<\/em> (\u2018New Life\u2019), in the 1946 comedy play-writing competition, and Aastatepikkune tee<\/em> (\u2018The Years-long Road\u2019, 1949) in the 1947 youth play-writing contest. S\u00f5ber Erk<\/em> (\u2018Friend Erk\u2019) went into print in 1949. Greater attention was garnered by the play Varastatud usaldus<\/em> (M\u00e4ng armastusega)<\/em> [\u2018Stolen Confidence. (The Game of Love)\u2019, 1954], which deals with students\u2019 relationships and ethical pressures, and was followed by the drama Linnud lahkuvad pesast<\/em> (\u2018Birds Leaving the Nest\u2019, 1956), which considers family problems. A new qualitative breakthrough was marked by the psychological drama Uusaasta \u00f6\u00f6<\/em> (\u2018New Year\u2019s Eve\u2019, 1958), which, by placing the decline of a violinist at its centre, brings humanism to the foreground \u2013 one of the themes that runs through Liives\u2019 work, along with questions of ethical pressure. One of the best pieces is the tragedy Sinine rakett<\/em> (\u2018The Blue Rocket\u2019, 1959), set in the riots of December 1924 (the failed coup of bolsheviks in Estonia), which won third prize in the drama competition of 1958; another is M\u00fcrgi perenaine<\/em> (\u2018Mistress of M\u00fcrgi Farm\u2019, 1979), which penetrates deeper into a woman\u2019s mental life.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the sixties Liives rose to become one of the leading Estonian playwrights. Siinpool horisonti<\/em> (\u2018This Side of the Horizon\u2019, 1961) deals with relations between a collective and its management; the satirical Millest vaikis prohvet<\/em> (\u2018Of Which the Prophet Was Silent\u2019, 1962) ponders the era of the Stalin personality cult using Biblical motifs. The possibility of speaking the truth, and the various shortcomings in living conditions, are treated in one of Liives\u2019 best and most successful works, the comedy Viini postmark<\/em> (\u2018Stamp from Vienna\u2019, 1964). The driving force for the events in the play is a wager by the main character, Martin Roll \u2013 to speak only the truth for one day. The so-called \u2018little man\u2019, who has been on the path of compromise through his life, reconsiders himself and those around him. A successful feature film based on the play, one of the classics of Estonian cinema, was made in 1967 (directed by Veljo K\u00e4sper). Bureaucracy and provincialism are flayed in the comedy Monolisk ehk Suhtugem k\u00fcsimusse t\u00f5siselt<\/em> (\u2018Monolisk, or Let\u2019s Take the Question Seriously\u2019, 1969), at the centre of which is a man who is creating a monument to himself in the central square of a small town. In addition to the comedies, for which Liives is most widely known, he wrote psychological dramas, such as Infarkt<\/em> (\u2018Heart Attack\u2019, 1973), which deals with the subject of humaneness.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 1980 he was awarded the annual Juhan Smuul literature prize for the collections Lehti \u00fchelt puult. Valid draamasid<\/em> and Lehti teiselt puult. Valik kom\u00f6\u00f6diaid<\/em> (\u2018Leaves from One Tree. Selected Dramas\u2019; and \u2018Leaves from Another Tree. Selected Comedies\u2019, both 1970).<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tLiives was one of the major authors of radio plays in Estonia, who skilfully used the opportunities offered by radio. His radio plays are collected in Pilk n\u00e4htamatusse<\/em> (\u2018A Glimpse of the Invisible\u2019, 1969) and T\u00e4na raadioteatris<\/em> (\u2018Today in the Radio Theatre\u2019, 1984). Kuninganna Maudi maa<\/em> (\u2018Queen Maud Land\u2019), concentrating on the relationship of two young people on a lonely island, was produced on television (1980). Kuninganna Maudi maa<\/em>, as well as Neljas, l\u00f5petamata portree<\/em> (\u2018The Fourth, Unfinished Portrait\u2019), J\u00e4lg ja vari<\/em> (\u2018Trace and Shadow\u2019) and H\u00f5bepaber<\/em> (\u2018Silver Paper\u2019) have won various awards, including international ones.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNarrative prose makes up the bulk of his later work. Unlike the plays, which are mostly set in an urban environment, in his stories Liives often depicts rural and coastal life, such as Nullp\u00e4ev ja tormip\u00fcha<\/em> (\u2018Day Zero and the Storm Holidays\u2019, 1976), Ahvitapja ja heategija<\/em> (\u2018The Monkey-killer and the Benefactor\u2019, 1979). Coastal life on Saaremaa and ethical conflicts come to the fore in the novel Vastuarmastus<\/em> (\u2018Reciprocal Love\u2019, I 1982, II 1986), the basis of which is the play Tormihoiatus<\/em> (\u2018Storm Warning\u2019, 1974). A contemporary village is the setting of the action in the novel Aken vastu p\u00e4ikest<\/em> (\u2018Window Toward the Sun\u2019, 1988). The centre of attention in the novel Passioon<\/em> (\u2018Passion\u2019, 1986) is a young woman in a German refugee camp.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tA. K. (Translated by C. M.)<\/em><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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

Novels<\/em><\/strong>
Retro<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1981, 240 lk.
Vastuarmastus<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1982, 190 lk.
Vastuarmastus. 2<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1986, 229 lk.
Passioon<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1986, 253 lk.
Aken vastu p\u00e4ikest<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1988, 239 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Short prose<\/em><\/strong>
Nullp\u00e4ev ja tormip\u00fcha<\/strong>: kaks juttu. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1976, 140 lk.
Ahvitapja ja heategija<\/strong>: kaks juttu. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1979, 128 lk.<\/p>\n

Plays<\/em><\/strong>
S\u00f5ber Erk<\/strong>: noorsoon\u00e4idend kahes vaatuses. Tallinn: Ajalehtede Kirjastus, 1949, 16 lk.
Varastatud usaldus<\/strong>. (M\u00e4ng armastusega). Tallinn: Eesti Ajalehtede-Ajakirjade Kirjastus, 1954, 15 lk.
Linnud lahkuvad pesast<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1956, 67 lk.
Robert Suur<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1957, 79 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 1979.]
Sinine rakett<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1959, 55 lk.
Siinpool horisonti<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1962, 96 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 1989.]
Viini postmark<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1964, 75 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 1979.]
Poolteist p\u00e4eva muret<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1967, 78 lk.
Monolisk, ehk, Suhtugem k\u00fcsimusse t\u00f5siselt<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1969, 83 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk 1979.]
Madalr\u00f5hkkond<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1971, 56 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 1989.]
Uusaasta\u00f6\u00f6<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1958, 59 lk. [J\u00e4rgmised tr\u00fckid: 1971, 1979.]
Lehti \u00fchelt puult<\/strong>: valik draamasid. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1979, 288 lk.
Lehti teiselt puult<\/strong>: valik kom\u00f6\u00f6diaid. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1979, 304 lk.
Madalr\u00f5hkkond<\/strong>: valik n\u00e4idendeid. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1989, 406 lk.<\/p>\n

Radio plays<\/em><\/strong>
Pilk n\u00e4htamatusse<\/strong>: valimik kuuldem\u00e4nge. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1969, 342 lk.
T\u00e4na raadioteatris<\/strong>: kuulem\u00e4ngud. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1984, 171 lk.<\/p>\n

About Ardi Liives<\/em><\/strong>
Vaapo Vaher, Imelaps, kellest ei saanud geeniust. Esseistlik monograafia Ardi Liivesest<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2007, 463 lk.\n<\/p>\n

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