{"id":2141,"date":"2024-04-03T23:42:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/ehlvest\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:05:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:05:15","slug":"ehlvest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/e\/ehlvest\/","title":{"rendered":"J\u00fcri Ehlvest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Short stories<\/strong><\/a>\"J\u00fcri<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

About J\u00fcri Ehlvest<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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J\u00fcri Ehlvest (15. III 1967 \u2013 11. X 2006) was born in Tallinn and was a prose writer\u2014particularly of short stories\u2014known for his use of magic realism, metaphysics and often riddle-like style. Much of this can be attributed to his interests, which hail from his studies at the University of Tartu, where he majored in biology and theology and additionally studied philosophy before leaving school to become a freelancer. While living in Tartu, Ehlvest involved himself with the more alternative literary groups of his generation, including the absurdist Abi-Piirissaare Dalinistlik K\u00f5\u00f5l (with Sven Kivisildnik), Eesti Kostabi $elts, and Hirohall. He was also interested in drama and wrote short plays, including the text for the open air production Viimne v\u00f5ttep\u00e4ev <\/em>(\u2018The Last Day of Shooting\u2019) with Margus Kasterpalu and Ilmar Raag.<\/p>\n\n

Ehlvest\u2019s literary style is idiosyncratic and divisive, often comprised of meta-elements, several layers of intertextual meaning, and genre-bending associations. He has frequently been characterized as a difficult author to study given the vague narrative structure of his work. His stories often contain themes of core human questions, such as truth, wisdom, and love, as well as unexplainable phenomena, while simultaneously turning to a more meta-level focus on the narration of the stories themselves and the unique blending of the perspectives of their characters.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Ehlvest published the majority of his work within the last decade of his life. Ikka veel Bagdadis <\/em>(\u2018Still in Baghdad\u2019) and the short story collection Krutsiaania <\/em>(\u2018Cruciania\u2019) were published in 1996. A year later, he published P\u00e4kapikk kirjutab <\/em>(\u2018The Gnome Writes\u2019, 1997). He was awarded the Friedebert Tuglas Short Story award twice, in 1997 and later in 2003. In 1999, he published the novel Elli lend <\/em>(\u2018Elli\u2019s Flight\u2019) <\/em>and Elumask <\/em>(\u2018Life Mask\u2019), <\/em>and Taevatrepp<\/em> (\u2018A Stairway to Heaven\u2019) in 2001. His final publications were the short story collections Hobune eikusagilt <\/em>(\u2018A Horse from Nowhere\u2019, 2002) and Rahuldus <\/em>(\u2018Satisfaction\u2019, 2004), which he published under the name J\u00fcri von Ehlvest, as well as the novel Palver\u00e4nnak <\/em>(\u2018Pilgrimage\u2019, 2005). He won the Estonian\u00a0Literature Endowment Annual Award in 2002 for Hobune eikusagilt<\/em>. In addition to his stand-alone works, he has several short stories published so far only in magazines and anthologies.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Ehlvest died in 2006 in New York. His brother is the world-renown chess player Jaan Ehlvest.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

M. M.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Novels<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
Palver\u00e4nnak<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tuum, 2005, 247 lk.<\/span><\/p>\n

Short stories<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
Ikka veel Bagdadis<\/strong>. Tartu: E\u00dcS Veljesto kirjastus, 1996, 110 lk.<\/span>
Krutsiaania<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tuum, 1996, 135 lk.<\/span>
P\u00e4kapikk kirjutab<\/strong>. Tallinn: Vikerkaar, 1997, 217 lk.<\/span>
Elumask<\/strong>. Tartu: Eesti Kostabi Selts, 1998, 192 lk.<\/span>
Elli lend<\/strong>. Tallinn: Perioodika (Loomingu Raamatukogu), 1999, 56 lk.<\/span>
Taevatrepp<\/strong>. Tartu: Krauklis, 2001, 148 lk.<\/span>
Hobune eikusagilt<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2002, 215 lk.<\/span>
J\u00fcri von Ehlvest, Rahuldus<\/strong>. Tartu: Ilukirjandus, 2004, 170 lk.<\/span><\/p>\n

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