{"id":2169,"date":"2024-04-03T23:42:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/kivirahk\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:05:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:05:10","slug":"kivirahk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/k\/kivirahk\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrus Kivir\u00e4hk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNovels<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\"Andrus<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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

\n\tPlays<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAbout Andrus Kivir\u00e4hk<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n\t
Andrus Kivir\u00e4hk (b. 18. VIII 1970) is an Estonian playwright, commentator, prose-writer and children\u2019s author. Kivir\u00e4hk is one of the most celebrated and popular Estonian writers of the modern period. His works have been extensively dramatized and screened.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAndrus Kivir\u00e4hk graduated from secondary school number 32 in Tallinn in 1988 and from his journalism studies at the University of Tartu in 1993. In the early nineties Kivir\u00e4hk worked for various newspapers as an editor for culture and humour. Since 1992 he has worked for Eesti P\u00e4evaleht<\/em>, in which appeared a large number of his texts which have later come out in book form. Kivir\u00e4hk published his first humorous articles in the journal Pikker<\/em> at the age of 15. Kivir\u00e4hk\u2019s first play was staged in 1992 at the Puppet Theatre and bore the name Vanamehed seitsmendalt<\/em> (\u2018The Old Men from the Seventh Storey\u2019).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOne of Kivir\u00e4hk\u2019s most significant characters is Ivan Orav, a comic figure suffering from the national pathos, the stories of whom began to appear in Eesti P\u00e4evaleht<\/em> in 1992. The book Ivan Orava m\u00e4lestused ehk minevik kui helesinised m\u00e4ed<\/em> (\u2018The Memories of Ivan Orav, or, the Past as Light Blue Hills\u2019) appeared in 1995. It proved very popular with the public. As series about Ivan Orav was made for Estonian Television; the leading role was taken by the actor Andrus Vaarik, who has remained the personification of Ivan Orav in other television series and plays, for example in Kivir\u00e4hk\u2019s stage adaptations Meri ja Orav<\/em> and Orav ja Ilves<\/em>. (Orav=squirrel; Ilves= lynx; Meri=sea; the latter are names of Estonian presidents.)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIvan Orava m\u00e4lestused<\/em> expresses one of the central tricks in Kivir\u00e4hk\u2019s work: to talk about well-known, given events in history from an unexpected, often comical or absurd angle. Ivan Orav recalls the first Estonian republic period, 1918-1940, when violin-playing could be heard even from the moon and the birch-trees bore apples. In Ivan Orav\u2019s view, Estonia\u2019s fate is aligned with that of the whole world. Animals, birds and plants, even planets, participate in Estonia\u2019s history. Such a poetic stance also appears in Kivir\u00e4hk\u2019s novel Liblikas<\/em> (\u2018The Butterfly\u2019, 1999), which tells of the early days of the Estonian theatre. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAn essential place in Kivir\u00e4hk\u2019s work is occupied by his two most popular novels, Rehepapp<\/em> (\u2018The Old Barny\u2019, 2000) and Mees, kes teadis ussis\u00f5nu<\/em> (\u2018The Man who Spoke Snakish\u2019, 2007, published in English in 2015), which have been translated into many languages. Rehepapp, the most popular work of Estonian literature in the early years of this century, has been called a new core text of Estonian literature. Rehepapp<\/em> is based on the fundamental myths of Estonian identity and also undermines them. At the same time Rehepapp<\/em> may be regarded as, in its way, a parody of a historical novel: the novel depicts Estonians coming to terms with the Baltic-German people of the manor. Rehepapp<\/em> is thus a dialogue with domestic historiography, more precisely, with the image of the Estonians\u2019 700-year night of slavery. The work also gives a prominent place to animistic beliefs in spirits and demons, with which humanity has to try to get along. Comparisons have also been made between the protagonist of Rehepapp<\/em>, Sander, and what Estonians see as their own best characteristics. Rainer Sarnet\u2019s \u00a02017 feature film November<\/em> is based on Rehepapp<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMees, kes teadis ussis\u00f5nu<\/em> tells a story of a mythical time when not all people had resettled in towns and villages, but lived in the forest. The main protagonist Leemet becomes the last man who is able to speak the language of snakes and thereby preserve the link between people and the forest with its inhabitants. It is one of Kivir\u00e4hk\u2019s gloomiest works, in which one may recognize a critique of inhumane modernization as well as the abandonment of ecological symbiosis and a nature-centred world-view to the course of history.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tKivir\u00e4hk has also been a very prolific and popular writer for children. Among his best-known and most translated children\u2019s books are Sirli, Siim ja saladused<\/em> (\u2018Sirli, Siim and the Secrets\u2019, 1999) and Kaka ja kevad<\/em> (\u2018Poo and the Spring\u2019, 2009), and he co-wrote the scripts of the internationally famous animated films Leiutajatek\u00fcla Lotte<\/em> (\u2018Lotte from Gadgetville\u2019, 2006), Lotte ja kuukivi saladus<\/em> (\u2018Lotte and the Moonstone Secret\u2019, 2011 ) and Lotte ja kadunud lohed<\/em> (\u2018Lotte and the Lost Dragons\u2019, 2019).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 1993 Andrus Kivir\u00e4hk won the Oskar Luts Humour Prize; in 1995, 2000, 2006 and 2014 the Literture Endowment Annual Award; in 1998 the Friedebert Tuglas Short Story Prize; in 2000 the Tammsaare Novel Prize; in 2004 the Order of the White Star, V Class; in 2007 the Estonial National Culture Award; in 2008 and 2016 the Eduard Vilde Prize in Literature, among many other honours.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tI. O. (Translated by C. M.)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Novels<\/em><\/strong>
Liblikas<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tuum, 1999, 149 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 2007, 143 lk; 3. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: Varrak, 2013, 156 lk; e-raamat: Tallinn: Varrak, 2013.]
Rehepapp ehk November<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2000, 199 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 2006.]
Mees, kes teadis ussis\u00f5nu<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2007, 380 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 2013; e-raamat: 2010; setu keeles: \u2018Miis, ki\u00e4\u2019 tiidse hussis\u00f5nnu\u2019, t\u00f5lkija J\u00fcri\u00f6\u00f6 Vello, Uusvada: Seto Kiri, 2018, 359 lk.]
Maailma otsas: pildikesi heade inimeste elust<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2013, 388 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Stories<\/em><\/strong>
Ivan Orava m\u00e4lestused, ehk, Minevik kui helesinised m\u00e4ed<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tallinna Raamatutr\u00fckikoda, 1995, 111 lk. [J\u00e4rgnevad tr\u00fckid: Tallinn: Varrak, 2001, 238 lk; Tallinn: Varrak, 2008, 253 lk; Tallinn: Varrak, 2013, 255 lk; Tallinn: Varrak, 2018, 255 lk; e-raamat: Tallinn: Varrak, Eesti Digiraamatute Keskus, 2010.]
\u00d5lle k\u00f5rvale<\/strong>. Tallinn: Vaho, 1996, 78 lk.
Kalevipoeg<\/strong>. Tallinn: BNS-i kirjastus, 1997, 95 lk.
Pagari piparkook<\/strong>. Tallinn: Kupar, 1999, 197 lk.
Mart Juur, Andrus Kivir\u00e4hk, Rahva oma kaitse<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2000, 142 lk.
Vargam\u00e4e vanad ja noored<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti p\u00e4evaleht, 2003, 103 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: Eesti P\u00e4evaleht, Akadeemia, 2009, 495 lk.]
Vargam\u00e4e vanad ja noored l\u00e4hevad Euroopasse<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti P\u00e4evaleht, 2004, 135 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: \u2018Vargam\u00e4e vanad ja noored\u2019, Tallinn: Eesti P\u00e4evaleht, Akadeemia, 2009, 495 lk.]
Mart Juur, Andrus Kivir\u00e4hk, Wremja: Zorro m\u00e4rk<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2004, 247 lk.
Mart Juur, Andrus Kivir\u00e4hk, Wremja: Timur ja tema meeskond<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2004, 246 lk.
Vargam\u00e4e vanad ja noored tembutavad j\u00e4lle<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti P\u00e4evaleht, 2005, 183 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: \u2018Vargam\u00e4e vanad ja noored\u2019, Tallinn: Eesti P\u00e4evaleht, Akadeemia, 2009, 495 lk.]
Jutud<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2005, 278 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 2007.]
Retk l\u00e4bi Euroopa<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2006, 76 lk.
Jumala lood<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti P\u00e4evaleht, 2009, 199 lk.
Pagari piparkook: Kivir\u00e4hk XX sajandil<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2010, 238 lk.
Lood<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2012, 243 lk.
Inimv\u00e4\u00e4rne elu<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2015, 79 lk.
Mart Juur, Andrus Kivir\u00e4hk, Wremja: Sipelga 14 \u2013 nende elu lood<\/strong>. Tallinn: Paradiis, 2017, 248 lk.
Millest k\u00f5neleb vana taksojuht kuupaistel<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2018, 232 lk.<\/p>\n

Plays<\/em><\/strong>
Vanamehed seitsmendalt; Jalutusk\u00e4ik vikerkaarel<\/strong>: kaks n\u00e4item\u00e4ngu. Tallinn: Perioodika (Loomingu Raamatukogu), 1997, 95 lk.
Papagoide p\u00e4evad<\/strong>. N\u00e4idendid. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2002, 266 lk.
Romeo ja Julia<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2003, 61 lk.
Adolf R\u00fchka l\u00fchikene elu<\/strong>. Kurbm\u00e4ng kahes jaos. Tallinn: Eesti Draamateater, 2005, 79 lk
S\u00fcrrealistid<\/strong>: n\u00e4idend \u00fche vaheajaga, mis tehakse juhuslikul hetkel. Tallinn: Eesti Draamateater, 2006, 86 lk. [2. t\u00e4iendatud tr\u00fckk: 2007, 88 lk.]
Aabitsa kukk. N\u00e4idendid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2006, 239 lk.
Voldemar<\/strong>: n\u00e4idend kahes vaatuses. Tallinn: Eesti Draamateater, 2007, 87 lk.
Voldemar: n\u00e4idendid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2008, 326 lk.
Vombat<\/strong>: n\u00e4idend kahes vaatuses. Tallinn: Eesti Draamateater, 2009, 96 lk.
Vassiljev ja Bub\u00f5r ta tegid siia\u2026<\/strong>: n\u00e4idend kahes vaatuses. Tallinn: Eesti Draamateater, 2010, 104 lk.
Vombat: n\u00e4idendid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2011, 307 lk.
Kevadine Luts<\/strong>. Pildikesed kahes vaatuses. Tallinn: Kultuurileht (Loomingu Raamatukogu), 2012, 67 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: Eesti Draamateater, 2012, 119 lk.]
Vaimude tund Koidula t\u00e4navas<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Draamateater, 2017, 69 lk.
Isamaa p\u00e4\u00e4sukesed<\/strong>: muusikal kahes vaatuses. Tallinn: Eesti Draamateater, 2018, 102 lk.
K\u00f6ster: n\u00e4idendid<\/strong>. Tallinn: EKSA, 2018, 358 lk.<\/p>\n

Children\u2019s books<\/em><\/strong>
Kaelkirjak<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tiritamm, 1995, 69 lk. [J\u00e4rgnevad tr\u00fckid: Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2000, 39 lk; Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2007, 82 lk, Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2008, 82 lk, Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2014, 63 lk.]
Sirli, Siim ja saladused<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 1999, 191 lk. [J\u00e4rgnevad tr\u00fckid: 2002, 2006, 2017.]
Sibulad ja \u0161okolaad: lasten\u00e4idendid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2002, 132 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 2016.]
Lotte reis l\u00f5unamaale<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2002, 128 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 2012.]
Limpa ja merer\u00f6\u00f6vlid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2004, 133 lk. [J\u00e4rgnevad tr\u00fckid: 2009, 2013.]
Leiutajatek\u00fcla Lotte<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Joonisfilm, 2006, 249 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 2016.]
Kaka ja kevad<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2009, 94 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 2016.]
Konna musi<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2013, 34 lk
Suur T\u00f5ll<\/strong>. Pildid maalis J\u00fcri Arrak. Tallinn: Varrak, 2014, 51 lk.
Oskar ja asjad<\/strong>. T\u00e4nassilma: Film Distribution, 2015, 294 lk
Karneval ja kartulisalat<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2015, 126 lk
Tilda ja tolmuingel<\/strong>. Illustreerinud Takinada. Tallinn: FD Distribution, 2018, 140 lk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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