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

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\n\tEduard M\u00e4nnik (12. I 1906 \/ 30.XII 1905 -30. I 1966) was a writer of prose, topical satire and children\u2019s books.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe was born in Tartu, and attended the Tartu School of Science, later the Tartu Secondary School of Business. After abandoning his studies he continued with casual work and literary and journalistic activities. In the nineteen-forties he worked in the People\u2019s Commissariat for State Security (the future KGB) as an officer and investigator, and took part in military operations in the Soviet side. He worked as a report writer on the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR, and from 1945 as a professional writer. He was a member of the Soviet Communist Party from 1942, and of the Writers\u2019 Union from 1945. He was Deputy Chairman of the Writers\u2019 Union (1950-1951), was member of its board, and its consultant on prose. In 1948 he won the State Prize of the Soviet Estonia for his short-story collection Viisteist sammu<\/em> (\u2018Fifteen Steps\u2019, 1947), and in 1965 was made a Merited Writer of the Estonian SSR. He is buried in the Metsakalmistu (\u2018Forest Cemetery\u2019) in Tallinn.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe began his literary activity in periodicals in 1921, with various writings appearing in journals. His first work, Hall maja<\/em> (\u2018The Grey House\u2019, 1930), a novel with an undertone of social criticism, describes a brothel and its residents against the background of the slums of Tartu. In the nineteen-thirties he wrote pieces in periodicals, a selection of which later appeared in the collection Piibujutud<\/em> (\u2018Pipe Stories\u2019, 1964). In the twenties and thirties he wrote children\u2019s stories under the name Aadi Virges: J\u00e4nesepoeg To-Too<\/em> (\u2018To-Too the Bunny-rabbit\u2019, 1935), Rajamaa talu<\/em> (\u2018Rajamaa Farm\u2019, 1935), which tells of the War of Independence, and the children\u2019s play Tarkuse m\u00fcts<\/em> (\u2018The Wisdom Hat\u2019, 1937).<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe subject-matter changes in the nineteen-forties; the bulk of his work now consists of personal experience of the war carried over into tales and stories on war themes. The collections S\u00fcdamete proov<\/em> (\u2018Trial of Hearts\u2019, 1946), Viisteist sammu<\/em> (\u2018Fifteen Steps\u2019, 1947) and V\u00f5itlus kestab<\/em> (\u2018The Struggle Continues\u2019, 1950), depict military action from a Soviet ideological perspective. Heroic Soviet fighters and the inhuman \u2018fascist\u2019 enemy are contrasted in black and white. The motif of tempering in battle and effort runs through the stories.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe stories from the nineteen-fifties deal with the lives of workers, social problems and the ideological struggle in the Republic of Estonia, like in the collection Traataed<\/em> (\u2018The Wire Fence\u2019, 1954) and Inimesed vaekausil<\/em> (\u2018People in the Balance\u2019, 1959), which includes \u00dche armastuse lugu<\/em> (\u2018A Love Story\u2019), which received first prize in the Looming short story competition in 1954.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tNovels<\/em><\/strong>
Hall maja<\/strong>. Tartu: Loodus, 1930, 223 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 1973.]<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tStories<\/em><\/strong>
S\u00fcdamete proov<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilukirjandus ja Kunst, 1946, 288 lk.
Viisteist sammu<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilukirjandus ja Kunst, 1947, 280 lk.
Paljassaare tipul<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1949, 92 lk. [Valikkogu.]
V\u00f5itlus kestab<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1950, 303 lk.
\u00dcle m\u00e4gede<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1953, 350 lk. [Valikkogu. 2. tr\u00fckk: 1955.]
Traataed<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1954, 204 lk.
Inimesed vaekausil<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1959, 320 lk.
Rindejutud<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1962, 348 lk. [Valikkogu.]
H\u00e4rrasp\u00e4ev<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1966, 388 lk.
Terasvaier<\/strong>. Koostanud V. Villandi. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1984, 208 lk. [Valikkogu.]<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHumour<\/em><\/strong>
Piibujutud<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1964, 460 lk.
T\u00fchja t\u00fcnni h\u00e4\u00e4l<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1965, 144 lk.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tChildren\u2019s books<\/em><\/strong>
Aadi Virges, Rajamaa talu<\/strong>. Tartu: Loodus, 1935, 48 lk.
Aadi Virges, Tarkuse m\u00fcts<\/strong>. Tallinn: Autorikaitse \u00dching, 1937, 56 lk.
Aadi Virges, J\u00e4nesepoeg To-Too<\/strong>. Tartu: Loodus, 1935, 64 lk. [J\u00e4rgnevad tr\u00fckid: 1978, 2004.]
Kukeristi Kaalu tarkuses\u00f5nad<\/strong>. Koostanud Andres Jaaksoo. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1976, 72 lk.
Jutte<\/strong>. Koostanud Andres Jaaksoo. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1979, 72 lk.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSelected works<\/em><\/strong>
Teosed. Hall maja. S\u00f5jajutud. Inimesed vaekausil. Ajalehepoisid<\/strong>. Koostanud V\u00e4ino Ilus. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1973, 548 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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