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Leo Anvelt (official name Leopold Anveldt, 4\u00a0 September\u00a01908\u20133 June 1983) was\u00a0a writer, literary historian, translator and philosopher.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnvelt was born at T\u00fcri, J\u00e4rvamaa County, in the family of a shopkeeper. From 1917\u20131923, he attended T\u00fcri primary school, progymnasium and school of continuing education, from 1923\u20131926, at Tallinn Gymnasium of Technology where one of his classmates was <\/span><\/span><\/span>Uku Masing<\/a><\/span><\/span>. In 1926, Anvelt entered the University of Tartu where he studied philosophy and theology. He graduated from the university cum laude<\/em> in 1933. In 1936, he acquired a Master of Philosophy degree there with his thesis Jumala m\u00f5iste Spinoza \u00f5petuses<\/em> (\u2018The Concept of God in Spinoza\u2019s Teaching\u2019). In 1941, invited by Kaarel Ird, Anvelt worked for a short time as dramaturge of the Vanemuine theatre. During World War II, Leo Anvelt was recruited to the German army for a short time. From 1945\u20131946, he worked as an editor for Teaduslik Kirjandus publishers. In the 1950s, he did translations for the Estonian Literary Museum. From 1963 until retirement in 1969, he worked as a researcher at the manuscripts department of the Estonian Literary Museum. Anvelt was a member of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union from 1938. During the repressions in 1950, he was expelled from Writer\u2019s Union of the Estonian SSR. His membership was restored in 1969. One of Leo Anvelt\u2019s hobbies was water-colour painting.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnvelt made his debut with poems in the journal Looming<\/em> in 1925. His first novel Viirastusi valges \u00f6\u00f6s<\/em> (\u2018Apparitions in White Night\u2019), which received the third prize at the novel competition of Loodus publishers, appeared in 1928. Critics have found in retrospect that it was an unusually mature book for a barely 20-year-old author. Leo Anvelt\u2019s second novel Eluhirm<\/em> (\u2018Fear of Life\u2019) was published in 1936. Anvelt\u2019s third and last novel Vabanemiskatse<\/em> (\u2018Attempt to Break Free\u2019) appeared posthumously in the journal Looming in 1984.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe protagonists of all the three novels can be considered the author\u2019s alter ego; in the first book he is a young boy, in the second \u2013 a man of marrying age, in the third \u2013 an aged, timid and lonely, honest and religious, sceptical, somewhat melancholy and, at the same time, ironical man. The schoolboy Rein Endise longs for safe social ethicality but cannot achieve it in practical life. The student Vait Vilmer suffers from fear of his own imperfection, particularly sexual inadequacy. The delusions of illness and fading away suppress him into the category of marginalised people. The old schoolteacher Saatre, who wishes to settle accounts with his past, tries to sublimate the tension of his search and doubts through writing, but nothing comes of it. The novels keep alternating between impressionist, mundanely realist and deeply psychological passages. In the novel Viirastusi valges \u00f6\u00f6s<\/em>, some common features have been found with Reed Morn\u2019s novel Andekas parasiit<\/em> (\u2018The Talented Parasite\u2019). Critics have also noticed similarities with Aadu Hint\u2019s novels of the 1930s. Leo Anvelt is considered quite an exceptional author in Estonian cultural history, as he felt compelled to write only novels with a philosophical texture.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnvelt has also written short prose. In 1966, the journal Looming published his longer story Uidang mitme tundmatuga<\/em> (\u2018Roaming with Several Strangers\u2019). In 1983, the newspaper Sirp and Vasar<\/em> posthumously published his short story Kohtumine v\u00f5imatuga<\/em> (\u2018Meeting the Impossible\u2019). In 1987, Anvelt\u2019s poems and short stories were published in the collection Uidang mitme tundmatuga<\/em> (compiled by Hando Runnel).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tLeo Anvelt has translated historical and philosophical literature and fiction from German (A. Schopenhauer\u2019s Lebensweisheit<\/em>), from English (J. Swift\u2019s Gulliver\u2019s Travels, J. Galsworthy\u2019s The Island Pharisees, J. Conrad\u2019s The Nigger of the \u2018Narcissus\u2019 and Heart of Darkness, J. London\u2019s Love of Life, H. G. Wells\u2019 The Outline of History, etc.), from Latin (Virgil and other classics of Roman poetry) and from Russian. As an experienced translator, he had a feeling for the authors\u2019 idiosyncratic style. In the 1930s, Anvelt published the biographies of W. E. Gladstone and Aristotle.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom the 1950s to the end of his life, Anvelt translated the correspondence of Estonian and Estophile cultural figures (Fr. R. Kreutzwald, J. H. Rosenpl\u00e4nter, O. W. Masing) from German into Estonian. From the 1960s, he was engaged in compiling and commenting the publication of O. W. Masing\u2019s heritage in letters. In 1979, he published the collection of articles O. W. Masing ja kaasaegsed<\/em> (\u2018O. W. Masing and His Contemporaries\u2019) which sheds light on the mental culture in the present-day territory of Estonia in the first half of the 19th century.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 1988, Leo Anvelt posthumously received the Friedebert Tuglas Short Story Award for his story K\u00fclm heldus<\/em> (\u2018Cold Generosity\u2019).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tL. P. (Translated by I. A.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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

\n\tNovels<\/em><\/strong>
Viirastusi valges \u00f6\u00f6s<\/strong>. Tartu: Loodus, 1928. 221 lk.
Eluhirm<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1936. 256 lk.
Viirastusi valges \u00f6\u00f6s; Eluhirm; Vabanemiskatse<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1993. 518 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tShort prose<\/em><\/strong> and poetry<\/em><\/strong>
Uidang mitme tundmatuga: jutte ja luulet<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1987. 236 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBiographies<\/em><\/strong>
William Ewart Gladstone: liberaalne inglise riigimees<\/strong>. Tartu: Eesti Kirjanduse Selts, 1935. 151 lk.
Aristoteles: vana-aja universaalsemaid teadlasi<\/strong>. Tartu: Eesti Kirjanduse Selts, 1938. 140 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHistory of literature<\/em><\/strong>
O. W. Masing ja kaasaegsed: lisandusi nende tundmiseks<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1979. 229 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHistory<\/em><\/strong>
Egiptuse templeis ja hauakambreis<\/strong>. Tartu: Loodus, 1935. 31 lk.
Igap\u00e4evasest t\u00f6\u00f6st Vana-Egiptuses<\/strong>. Tartu: Loodus, 1935. 24 lk.
Keskaegne k\u00fclaelu L\u00e4\u00e4ne-Euroopas<\/strong>. Tartu: Loodus, 1936. 36 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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