{"id":238,"date":"2024-04-03T23:39:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/ristojarv\/"},"modified":"2024-09-10T14:30:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T11:30:29","slug":"ristojarv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/j\/ristojarv\/","title":{"rendered":"Risto J\u00e4rv"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Risto J\u00e4rv (born 15 January 1971) is a folklorist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J\u00e4rv was born and attended school in Tallinn. He studied Estonian and comparative folklore at the University of Tartu and defended his doctoral thesis Eesti imemuinasjuttude tekstid ja tekstuur. Arhiivikeskne vaatlus<\/em> (\u2018The Texts and Texture of Estonian Fairy Tales. An Archive-Centred View\u2019) in 2005. He works at the University of Tartu, being associate professor of Estonian and comparative folklore from 2021. He has also worked as head of the Estonian Folklore Archives at the Estonian Literary Museum. J\u00e4rv is a member of the Academic Folklore Society, the International Society for Folk Narrative Research (ISFNR), the Societ\u00e9 Internationale d\u2019Ethnologie et de Folklore (SIEF), the Estonian Society for Digital Humanities and the research councils of the Estonian Literary Museum and the Under and Tuglas Literature Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J\u00e4rv\u2019s research and creative work are focussed on fairy tales and folklore. He has compiled and edited various collections and publications. In 1997, he received the Baltic Knighthood Prize for his master\u2019s thesis Eesti usundi uurimise l\u00e4htel. Kr. J. Petersoni kommenteeritud t\u00f5lge Kr. Gananderi \u201eMythologia Fennicast\u201c<\/em> (\u2018At the Sources of Research of Estonian Religion. Kr. J. Peterso<\/a>n\u2019s Commented Translation of Kr. Ganander\u2019s Mythologia Fennica<\/em>, 1997). In 2005, he received the Literature Endowment Annual Award (together with Heili Einasto, Lembi Loigu and Veronika Kivisilla<\/a>) for literary translation from Estonian into a foreign language for Estonian Folktales. The Heavenly Wedding<\/em>. In 2014, he earned the Folk Culture Endowment Annual Award (together with Mairi Kaasik, K\u00e4rri Toomeos-Orglaan and Inge Annom) for the anthology Eesti muinasjutud. Imemuinasjutud<\/em> (\u2018Estonian Fairy Tales. Wonder Fairy Tales\u2019) and in 2020 (together with Katrin Sipelgas, Janeli Jallai and Jaak Kilmi) for creating the Estonian National Museum\u2019s fairy tale exhibition Once Upon a Time<\/em>\u2026 His articles in the journal Keel ja Kirjandus<\/em> \u2014 Sehvtjeviiten ja seitse t\u00f5demust. Isikunimedest muinasjuttudes<\/em> (\u2018Sehvtjeviitein and Seven Statements. On Personal Names Used in Fairy-Tales\u2019, 2005) and Muinasjutt ja turismireis<\/em> (\u2018Fairy Tales and Tourist Trips\u2019, 2010) have been awarded the journal\u2019s article prize. In 2007, J\u00e4rv received the Folklore Collection Award of the President of the Republic of Estonia, and in 2017 the title of Tartu\u2019s Folk Culture Bearer of the Year for the lecture series Estonian Folklore Archives Come to Visit<\/em> arranged by the Estonian Literary Museum\u2019s Estonian Folklore Archives (together with Ave Gor\u0161i\u010d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. K. (Translated by I. A.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Books in Estonian<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Eesti imemuinasjuttude tekstid ja tekstuur<\/strong>. Arhiivikeskne vaatlus. Doktorit\u00f6\u00f6. Tartu: Tartu \u00dclikooli Kirjastus, 2005, 226 lk
Piret Voolaid, Loone Ots, Risto J\u00e4rv, Kes otsib, see leiab: 1111 eesti vanas\u00f5na<\/strong>: selgituste ja kommentaaridega. Tallinn: Rahva Raamat, 2018, 311 lk. [Teine tr\u00fckk: 2022.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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