{"id":1929,"date":"2024-04-03T23:42:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/maasik\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:05:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:05:52","slug":"maasik","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/m\/maasik\/","title":{"rendered":"Einar Maasik"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\n\tNon-fiction<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAbout Einar Maasik<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n\tEinar Maasik\u00a0(30. XII 1929-11. IX 2009) was a prose writer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe was born and studied in Narva. In 1941, his family relocated to Tartu county and his studies continued in Valguta and Viljandi. He studied at the logic and psychology department of the history and linguistics faculty of Tartu State University and graduated in 1956. In 1970, he also graduated from the Leningrad Communist University. He worked as a proofreader at the Viljandi district newspaper Tee Kommunismile<\/em> and at the editor\u2019s office of the Kallaste district newspaper N\u00f5ukogude K\u00fcla<\/em>. At Looming<\/em> magazine, he was the head of the fiction department from 1958-1962, executive secretary from 1964-1968 and the head of the prose and poetry department from 1970-1973. From 1962-1964, he led the original fiction department of the Estonian State Publishing House. He was a member of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union from 1959. A member of the CPSU from 1960-1990. Maasik\u00a0died in Tsirgum\u00e4e, Valga county and is buried at Rannu cemetery.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHis literary debut was in the newspaper Edasi<\/em> in 1953 and his prose collections <\/span>Koduk\u00fcla teel<\/span><\/span><\/i>\u00a0(\u2018On the Road to Home Village\u2019, 1959), <\/span>Teekaaslane<\/span><\/span><\/i>\u00a0(\u2018Travel Companion\u2019, 1960) and <\/span>Seitsme k\u00fcla teedel<\/span><\/span><\/i>\u00a0(\u2018On the Roads of Seven Villages\u2019, 1963) received recognition. Maasik\u2019s dynamic, topical, and warm prose uses everyday language and marks the change of literature moving away from strict dogmas and party restrictions. He depicts his modern day, among his characters there are village people and even newspaper editors. Maasik\u2019s works are characterized by optimism and goodness, his faith in people, attempts to relate and oftentimes humor as well.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tCountry life takes center stage in the novel <\/span>Tuisu Taavi seitse p\u00e4eva<\/span><\/span><\/i>\u00a0(\u2018The Seven Days of Tuisu Taavi\u2019, 1966), which tells the development story of a young fisherman. The novel won third place in a 1965 novel competition.<\/span>\u00a0Maasik turned the novel into a screenplay for the movie <\/span>Tuulevaikus<\/span><\/span><\/i>\u00a0(\u2018Windless\u2019, 1971, directed by Veljo K\u00e4sper).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHis psychological observations increase in the country life prose collections <\/span>\u00dcksinda detsembris <\/span><\/span><\/i>(\u2018Alone in December\u2019, 1977), <\/span>Maa hingab<\/span><\/span><\/i>\u00a0(\u2018The Earth Breathes\u2019, 1982) and <\/span>Tere, Maria <\/span><\/span><\/i>(\u2018Hello Maria\u2019).\u00a0The\u00a0story <\/span>Et r\u00e4\u00e4kisin puudega<\/span><\/span><\/i>\u00a0(\u2018For Talking to Trees\u2019) from <\/span>Tere, Maria <\/span><\/span><\/i>was awarded the Friedebert Tuglas Short Story Prize\u00a0in 1985.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe novel dilogy <\/span>Hispaania tants <\/span><\/span><\/i>(\u2018Spanish Dance\u2019, 1977) and <\/span>S\u00fcnnip\u00e4evapidu <\/span><\/span><\/i>(\u2018Birthday Party\u2019), also known as <\/span>Jaanistite kroonika <\/span><\/span><\/i>(\u2018The Chronicles of Jaanistid\u2019), takes place in Narva in the late 1930s and although framing itself as family novel, the chronicle of events is more dominating.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHis later prose, which continues to center on country life, was published in the collection <\/span>Ole mulle s\u00f5braks <\/span><\/span><\/i>(\u2018Be My Friend\u2019, 1990). The novel <\/span>Kunnese elu <\/span><\/span><\/i>(\u2018The Life of Kunnes\u2019, 2009) was published posthumously. At its center is an old man from the country, fondly looking back on his life.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to fiction, he wrote various articles, stories and reviews.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tNovels<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/em>
Tuisu Taavi seitse p\u00e4eva<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1966, 132 lk.<\/span>
August Anikatsi katsumine<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1969, 184 lk.<\/span>
Hispaania tants. Jaanistite kroonika<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1977, 224 lk.<\/span>
S\u00fcnnip\u00e4evapidu: Jaanistite kroonika II<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1981, 216 lk.<\/span>
Ole mulle s\u00f5braks<\/strong>. Romaan ja jutustused. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1990, 285 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tShort stories<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/em>
Koduk\u00fcla teel<\/strong>: jutustused. Tallinn: Ajakirjade-Ajalehtede Kirjastus\u00a0(Loomingu Raamatukogu), 1959, 52 lk.<\/span>
Teekaaslane<\/strong>: novelle ja laaste. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1960, 248 lk.<\/span>
Seitsme k\u00fcla teedel<\/strong>: jutustused. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1963, 192 lk.<\/span>
Koorukeste suvi. Takjanupp ja viis kirjalehte<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Ramat, 1966, 224 lk.<\/span>
Legendi l\u00f5pp<\/strong>: jutustused. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1970, 144 lk.<\/span>
\u00d5htud Rihmak\u00fclas<\/strong>: novelle ja teatrinovelle. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1974, 162 lk.<\/span>
\u00dcksinda detsembris<\/strong>: novellid ja jutustused. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1977, 155 lk.<\/span>
Kolmteist ja veel \u00fcks<\/strong>: jutustusi ja novelle aastatest 1958-1978. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1979, 432 lk.<\/span>
Maa hingab<\/strong>: v\u00e4ike tetraloogia. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1982, 240 lk.<\/span>
Tere, Maria<\/strong>: jutustused. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1984, 128 lk.<\/span>
Ning majades, linnades, t\u00e4navatel\u2026<\/strong>.<\/span>\u00a0Autobiograafiline jutustus. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1987, 157 lk.<\/span>
Ole mulle s\u00f5braks<\/strong>: romaan ja jutustused. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1990, 285 lk.<\/span>
Kunnese elu<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2009, 105 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMiscellaneous<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/em>
Oi elu, elukest\u2026<\/strong>.<\/span>\u00a0Valik huumorit. Tallinn: EKP Keskkomitee Kirjastus, 1968, 96 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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