{"id":1915,"date":"2024-04-03T23:42:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/taar\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:05:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:05:53","slug":"taar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/t\/taar\/","title":{"rendered":"Agnes Taar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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\n\tAgnes Taar (birth name Agnes-Elsa Taar; from 1933 Blaubr\u00fcck, Estonianised as Kajara; 17\/5 September 1897 \u2013 7 December 1976) was a children\u2019s writer, playwright and prose writer.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTaar was born in P\u00e4rnu County, attended Maru primary school and Halliste parish school, completed P\u00e4rnu gymnasium as an external student, after which she attended J. V. Veski\u2019s teacher training courses in Tartu. In 1917, she became a qualified teacher in P\u00e4rnu. Taar worked as a teacher, school head and post office clerk; from 1928, she was a freelance writer in Tartu. She was a member of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union but was excluded from membership during the Stalinist purges in 1950. Taar died in Tartu and is buried in Raadi cemetery there.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAgnes Taar published children\u2019s stories and poems in the press from the 1920s; her first collection of children\u2019s poems, Klu-klu<\/em> (\u2018Clack-clack\u2019) appeared in 1928. In her creation for children, the central place belongs to nature and animals. Her plays for children where a remarkable role also belongs to the theme of the mother have a didactic undertone.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTaar\u2019s plays for adults were popular mostly on rural stages. The plays Kolm s\u00fcndi<\/em> (\u2018Three Births\u2019, 1935) and Naine tulikahjum\u00e4rgiga<\/em> (\u2018Woman with a Mark of Fire\u2019, 1936) deal with the women\u2019s problems of the period.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAgnes Taar\u2019s novel dilogy with an autobiographical undertone, Mari-Ann \u00f5petajat\u00fctar<\/em> (\u2018Mari-Ann, Teacher\u2019s Daughter\u2019, 1938) and Hulkumas ja p\u00f5genemas<\/em> (\u2018Roam and Escape\u2019, 1940), particularly the latter, are considered the peak of Agnes Taar\u2019s creation. These novels also concentrate on the theme of women. The first novel depicts the story of a little girl\u2019s growing and formation against the background of Estonian village life, the second \u2014 a young woman\u2019s failed attempts at self-actualisation and vagaries of personal life.\n<\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tNovels<\/em><\/strong>
Mari-Ann \u00f5petajat\u00fctar<\/strong>: \u00fche t\u00fctarlapse eelkevad. Tartu: Eesti Kirjastuse Kooperatiiv, 1938, 243 lk
Hulkumas ja p\u00f5genemas<\/strong>. Tartu: Eesti Kirjastuse Kooperatiiv, 1940, 261 lk [2. tr 2011]\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBooks for children<\/em><\/strong>
Klu-klu\u2026<\/strong>: luuletusi lastele. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1928, 80 lk
Ema armastus<\/strong>: \u00fchevaatuseline n\u00e4idend lastele. Tartu: S\u00f5navara, 1929, 14 lk
Mida kinkida emale?<\/strong> Lasten\u00e4idend emadep\u00e4evaks. Tartu: S\u00f5navara, 1929, 15 lk
Imeline v\u00f5\u00f5ras<\/strong>: j\u00f5ulujutt. Tartu: O. Luik, 1930, 13 lk
Kolm poissi ja \u00f5nnenumber<\/strong>. Tartu: Oskar Luik, 1931, 15 lk
Mustlase koer<\/strong>: v\u00e4rssjutt. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 31 lk [2. tr 1981]
Kuldnokk naasis<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1970, 14 lk\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPlays<\/em><\/strong>
Emake maamuld<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1931, 65 lk
K\u00f5rgem\u00e4e noored<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1932, 75 lk
Naisvallavanem<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1933, 86 lk
Kes on s\u00fc\u00fcdi?<\/strong> Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1934, 72 lk
Kolm s\u00fcndi<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1935, 82 lk
Naine tulikahjum\u00e4rgiga<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Haridusliit, 1936, 140 lk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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