{"id":2179,"date":"2024-04-03T23:42:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/rakke\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:05:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:05:09","slug":"rakke","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/r\/rakke\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerttu Rakke"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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\n\tKerttu Rakke <\/span>(given name Kadi Kuus, b. 16. IX 1970) is a prose writer, one of the best known representatives of the new generation that emerged in the early nineties.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tShe was born and schooled in V\u00f5ru, studied Estonian philology at the University of Tartu and semiotics in MA studies of the Estonian Institute of the Humanities. She acquired qualifications as a hairdresser at the private Estonian School of Cosmetics and Hairdressing. Among other jobs, she has worked in an advertising agency, collaborated on several periodical publications, been a reporter for the Tartu paper Liivimaa Kroonika,<\/span><\/i>\u00a0been the culture editor of the P\u00f5lva county paper Koit <\/span><\/i>and a public relations consultant with the Tallinn city government. She edited the journal Vaimupuu<\/span><\/i>. She joined the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union in 2013. In 2002 she won II prize in the competition for plays for children and young people run by the Estonian Drama Agency for her play Ema s\u00fcnnip\u00e4ev <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Mother\u2019s Birthday\u2019).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tShe made her debut in 1987 with poetry in the newspaper Noorte H\u00e4\u00e4l<\/span><\/i>; in 1989 the story \u201cLet\u2019s go\u201d appeared in the journal Vikerkaar<\/span><\/i>, depicting the world of the young in bold colours, and appearing under the pseudonym Kerttu Rakke. The directness, the slang and the vulgarisms in the language were striking, and the female characters were courageous, flavouring her work as a whole. The prose collection Kalevipoeg <\/span><\/i>(2000), which has been called post-modern, is a clear example of this, referring intertextually to the Estonian national epic, and at the same time offering, with its naturalistic elements, an insight into the world of contemporary women. She has consciously called herself a creator of entertainment literature, chick lit. Her works take place in the contemporary world and deal with contemporary themes. She has depicted the culture of \u2018babes\u2019 and \u2018chicks\u2019, a world full of parties, men and (sexual) adventures. She has been compared to her contemporaries Kaur Kender and Peeter Sauter. Moving outside of the typical \u2018chick\u2019 world are the female protagonists of the novel K\u00fcpsiseparadiis <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Cookie Paradise\u2019, 2007), which throws light on problems of contemporary Estonia, centred around the new-built housing estates in Tallinn. Problems of a more multi-layered kind are examined in the novel H\u00e4bi <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Shame\u2019, 2018), which examines the effect of an all-enveloping feeling of shame on the life of one woman. The novel was nominated for the prose award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tKerttu Rakke is a fluent storyteller, popular with readers and astute at marketing. She wrote the script for the popular television series Kodu keset linna <\/span><\/i>(\u2018A Home in the Middle of City\u2019, 2003-2006, 2007-2011). She has written about this in the book Seitse aastat seebiselt <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Seven Soapy Years\u2019. 2010). <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tA. K. (Translated by C. M.)<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tBooks<\/span><\/b>\u00a0in Estonian<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNovels<\/span><\/b><\/em>
Kolmas printsess<\/strong>. Tallinn: Vastus, 2001, 121 lk.
Iluasjake: j\u00e4rg raamatule kolmas printsess<\/strong>. Tallinn: Kadikas, 2002, 142 lk.
Susanna ja mina<\/strong>. Tallinn: Kadikas, 2002, 236 lk.
K\u00fcpsiseparadiis, ehk, Kaksteist kuud<\/strong>. Tallinn: Kadikas, 2007, 360 lk.\u00a0[2. tr\u00fckk: 2009.]
K\u00fcpsiseparadiis 2, ehk, Maskid & maskotid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Mitu Juttu, 2017, 495 lk.
H\u00e4bi<\/strong>. Tallinn: Mitu Juttu, 2018, 181 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tShort prose<\/span><\/b><\/em>
Kalevipoeg<\/strong>: jutustused. Tallinn: K. Rakke, 2000, 100 lk.
Seitse p\u00e4eva<\/strong>: jutustus. Tallinn: K. Kuus, 2000, 96 lk.
Mitu juttu<\/strong>. Tallinn: K. Kuus, 2001, 257 lk.
Kordustr\u00fckk<\/strong>: jutustused. Tallinn: Kadikas, 2003, 275 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tChildren\u2019s literature<\/span><\/b><\/em>
Ott ja Pilts<\/strong>. Tallinn: Mitu Juttu, 2016, 23 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMiscellaneous<\/span><\/b><\/em>
Kodu keset linna: kadunud episoodi k\u00e4sikiri: mis vahepeal juhtus?<\/strong> Tallinn: SL \u00d5htuleht, 2005, 42 lk.
Rahatuulutaja. Diana Klasi loo kirja pannud Kerttu Rakke<\/strong>. Tallinn: Kadikas, 2009, 207 lk.
Seitse aastat seebiselt: stsenaristi pihtimus<\/strong>. Tallinn: Kadikas, 2010, 207 lk.
Pimedusest v\u00e4lja. Janek Muru loo pani kirja Kerttu Rakke<\/strong>. Tallinn: Mitu Juttu, 2015, 268 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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