{"id":217,"date":"2024-04-03T23:39:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/aimla\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:10:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:10:40","slug":"aimla","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/a\/aimla\/","title":{"rendered":"Priit Aimla"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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\n\tPriit Aimla <\/span>(b. 19. IV 1941) is a humourist, an author of humorous sketches. <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPriit Aimla was born in V\u00f5ru, the son of teachers. He lived the first three years of his life in V\u00f5ru. From 1948 to 1959 he attended Paide Secondary School. His father was the headmaster of the same school, his mother a mathematics teacher. From 1960 to 1962 and 1965 to 1966 he studied theoretical physics at Tartu State University; the intervening years were spent in the Soviet army. Later he studied English for one year at that university by distance learning. <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe has written poetry, libretti and song lyrics. From 1968 to 1988 he was a producer of entertainment programmes on Estonian Radio. For these he translated many humorous stories by Russian authors. <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAimla\u2019s humorous sketches make fun of Soviet conditions and the totalitarian system through absurd comedy. His dialogues have a fast tempo and rich word-play.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe has translated Grigory Gorin\u2019s play Thijl Ulenspiegel <\/span><\/i>and its lyrics into Estonian. \u00a0<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 1980 Priit Aimla was a signatory of the \u2018letter of 40\u2019 denouncing the Russification policy of the Soviet Union.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tL.\u00a0P.\u00a0(Translated by C. M.)<\/span><\/span><\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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

\n\tHumorous sketches<\/span><\/b><\/em>
Naliaad<\/strong>: humoreskid. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1973
Kahe kuhja vahel<\/strong>: nalja- ja pilkelugusid. Tallinn: Eesti raamat, 1976
Valitud seosed<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1981
Aja viide<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1987
Seitse korda seitse<\/strong>: vemmalv\u00e4rsse ja proosalist pila. Tallinn: 1990
Imelised aastad<\/strong>: 30 kuud 1987\u20131990. Tallinn: Olion, 1991
Korjanduskarp<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1991
Seedrioru serenaad, ehk, Kolmandal katsel keset Kanadamaad \u2013 seekord pelgalt s\u00f5nupidi<\/strong>. Toronto: Muiged, 1991
Ameerika onu: mu esimene eestiaegne kogumik<\/strong>. Toronto: Muiged, 1993
\u00d6\u00f6sel tehtud<\/strong>. Tallinn: Meelejahutaja, 1994
Aasija astub Euroopasse<\/strong>. Tallinn: Avenarius, 1995
Me k\u00e4isime seaduste m\u00e4el<\/strong>. Tallinn: Riigikogu Kantselei, 2000
Lend \u00fcle naljasoone: seltsimeheajastu semude keskelt s\u00f5imlevasse s\u00f5navabadusse<\/strong>. Tallinn: Pegasus, 2002
Igal linnul oma laul<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tammerraamat, 2009
Torisev vanatoi<\/strong>. Tartu: A-Disain, 2009
N\u00fcsitud naljad<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2012<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPoetry<\/span><\/b><\/em>
Olen r\u00f5\u00f5mus jonni p\u00e4rast<\/strong>. Tallinn: P. Aimla, 2019<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMiscellaneous<\/span><\/b><\/em>
Priit Aimla, Leeni Simm, Eesti keele \u00f5pik-lugemik-laulik \u201eK\u00f5ll\u201d<\/strong>. Tallinn: Riiklik Eksami- ja Kvalifikatsioonikeskus, 1997.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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