{"id":302,"date":"2024-04-03T23:39:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/kiik\/"},"modified":"2024-09-10T10:37:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T07:37:15","slug":"kiik","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/k\/kiik\/","title":{"rendered":"Heino Kiik"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Novels<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
About Heino Kiik<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n


Heino Kiik (14 May 1927 \u2013 22 February 2013) was an Estonian writer and columnist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kiik was born in Avinurme parish in J\u00f5geva County, attended Vadi primary school from 1935\u20131941 and Mustvee gymnasium from 1942\u20131944. From 1945\u20131947 he studied at R\u00e4pina horticultural technical school from which he graduated as a horticultural agronomist. In 1947, Kiik entered the Faculty of Agriculture of Tartu State University. During the time of his studies, the Faculty of Agriculture was separated from the university and, thus, Kiik graduated as an agronomist in 1956 from the Estonian Academy of Agriculture. He continued his education at screenwriting courses at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in 1969\u20131971 and in 1974\u20131975 at the Institute of Cinematography, both in Moscow. Kiik died in Tallinn and is buried in the Forest Cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his later years of life, Kiik called himself a man of the pre-war Republic of Estonia as in his childhood he had even met the first president of Estonia, Konstantin P\u00e4ts. Kiik\u2019s life was divided between his two specialities \u2014 agronomy and literature \u2014 which were of quite equal significance and often intertwined. In his younger years, he worked as an agronomist or gardener at several places in Estonia, e.g., Viljandi and Hiiumaa, simultaneously contributing to press publications \u2014 he joined the Estonian Association of Journalists in 1958. Later, Kiik focused on literature, but even in then, he was known, in addition to fiction, to many as the author of specialist literature, for example, the multi-volume botanical books Taimetark<\/em> (\u2018Plant Wizard\u2019) and Maailma viljad<\/em> (\u2018Fruits of the World\u2019). He has laid out a park, bred ornamental shrubs, collected conifers, taken many professional trips within the Soviet Union and later also elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While in the Soviet period, Kiik worked as the head of the propaganda department in the Ministry of Agriculture, after the restoration of independence of the Republic of Estonia, he became active in politics, first joining the Estonian Blue Party (1994\u20132000), then the Estonian Democratic Party (2000\u20132002) and finally the Pro Patria and Res Publica Union, through which he became in 2003 a substitute member of the Tallinn City Council where he also was a specialist in the environmental committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heino Kiik could be considered a professional writer from 1963 when Metsiku taltsutamine<\/em> (\u2018Taming the Wild\u2019) won a special prize in a youth literature competition. In the novel competitions, M\u00f5edaku eelp\u00e4ev<\/em> (\u2018The Day Before at M\u00f5edaku\u2019) won the 1st prize in 1965 and Tondi\u00f6\u00f6maja<\/em> (\u2018Ghosts\u2019 Night Shelter\u2019) in 1967. All the mentioned books have an agricultural or agronomical background in one way or another. The last of them has been called his most critical novel that could be published during the Soviet era; that was done by public demand as late as in 1970.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kiik joined the Estonian Writer\u2019s Union in 1969. In 1976\u20131981, Kiik was a board member and secretary of the Writers\u2019 Union as well as chairman of the board of the Estonian SSR Literature Foundation and a board member of the USSR Literature Foundation. He was also a board member of the Writers\u2019 Union in 1986\u20131989. From 1994\u20131997, Kiik was at the head of the Estonian Novel Foundation. In the late 1980s when Estonia was shedding the Soviet yoke, Kiik was chairman of the new publishing cooperatives Kupar and \u00d5llu and president of the Estonian Academy of Fine Arts, which he had founded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the late 1980s until his death, Kiik published a few books each year with the memories of some years of his life under the mentioned publishing houses, especially \u00d5llu, later also Ilmamaa, and finally under his own publishing label. He described social conditions and changes in them as well as the process of his creative work and the development of literary policy in both the Soviet Union and the later period of upheaval and the coming freedom. For example, between 1976 and 1990, Kiik wrote diaries (in his own words, a documentary novel), which were published in print in 1990\u20132014. As he said, he wrote them for the younger generations so that they could get relevant information about that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1980, Heino Kiik signed The letter of 40<\/em>, a protest letter of 40 intellectuals against the Kremlin\u2019s Russification policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kiik\u2019s fiction focused on dissecting the perverseness of the Soviet way of life and finding a way out of it. His books, often realistic and grotesque, were often out of favour at the time of their publication; later, when Estonia was liberated, Kiik received the opportunity to write more freely and on more painful topics. For example, the novel Maria Siberimaal<\/em> (\u2018Maria in Siberia\u2019), which tells about the fate of the deportees in 1949, saw publication in 1988. Only a few years earlier, it had been rejected, and the author was accused of anti-Soviet agitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1979, the novel Mind armastab jaapanlanna<\/em> (\u2018A Japanese Woman Loves Me\u2019) deserved honourable mention at the novel competition; the novel Elupadrik<\/em> (\u2018The Thicket of Life\u2019) received the second prize there in 1985. In 1990, Kiik received the annual prize of the Writers\u2019 Union for the serial novel Arve Jomm<\/em>, which was published in seven parts between 1971 and 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His books have been translated into Russian, Finnish, Lithuanian and French. Kiik himself has translated books from Russian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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


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

Novels<\/strong><\/em>
M\u00f5edaku eelp\u00e4ev. <\/strong>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1966, 201 lk; [2. tr\u00fckk koos romaaniga \u201eMind armastab jaapanlanna\u201c, Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2006, 462 lk].
Tondi\u00f6\u00f6maja. <\/strong>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1970, 599 lk; [2. tr\u00fckk Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2005, 528 lk].
Arve Jomm. (Meheaastad, 1. osa). <\/strong>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1971, 159 lk; [1. ja 2. osa koos, Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1977, 287 lk; 1.\u20134. osa koos, Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2005, 512 lk].
Arve Jomm. Pensionieelik (2. osa). <\/strong>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1975, 143 lk; [1.\u20134. osa koos, Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2005, 512 lk].
Arve Jomm. Alguse asi. Brigadir (3.\u20134. osa). <\/strong>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1982, 221 lk; [1.\u20134. osa koos, Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2005, 512 lk].
Elupadrik. <\/strong>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1986, 208 lk; [2. tr\u00fckk koos romaaniga \u201eMaria Siberimaal\u201c, Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2007, 384 lk].
Mind armastab jaapanlanna (I osa). <\/strong>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1987, 176 lk;[2. tr\u00fckk,Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1992, 334 lk; 3. tr\u00fckk koos romaaniga \u201eM\u00f5edaku eelp\u00e4ev\u201c, Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2006, 462 lk].
Maria Siberimaal. <\/strong>Tallinn: Kupar, 1988, 252 lk; [2. tr\u00fckk koos romaaniga \u201eElupadrik\u201c, Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2007, 384 lk; 3. tr\u00fckk Tallinn: Eesti P\u00e4evaleht, 2009, 256 lk].
Arve Jomm. Elame \u00fcle. Eneseteostus. (5.\u20136. osa) <\/strong>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1989, 304 lk; [5.\u20137. osa koos, Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2005, 504 lk].
Arve Jomm. L\u00f5hkine k\u00fcna. (7. osa). <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1990, 173 lk; [5.\u20137. osa koos, Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2005, 504 lk].
Mind armastab jaapanlanna (II osa). <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1990, 208 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Documentary novels \/ Memories<\/strong><\/em>
Kuidas end tunned, kuuek\u00fcmnene? <\/strong>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1990, 336 lk.
Mureaja laps. <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1990, 95 lk.
Aasta 1988. <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1990, 96 lk.
Aasta 1979. <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1992, 80 lk.
Aasta 1985. <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1992, 77 lk.
\u201eKupra\u201c l\u00f5henemine (aasta 1989). <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1992, 93 lk.
\u201eJaapanlanna\u201c kirjutamine. <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1993, 112 lk.
\u201eMaria\u201c saamine. <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1993, 120 lk.
Kirjanike elamu (aasta 1977). <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1993, 124 lk.
Eluromaan (aasta 1980). <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1994, 117 lk.
Organid (aasta 1981). <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1994, 104 lk.
Stipendium (aasta 1982). <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1994, 104 lk.
Romaani sulatamine (aasta 1983). <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1994, 128 lk.
Padrik (aasta 1984). <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1994, 143 lk.
Murrang (aasta 1986). <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1995, 174 lk.
Fataalne optimist (aasta 1987). <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1995, 256 lk.
Rekord (aasta 1990). <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1996, 255 lk.
Nimede register. <\/strong>Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1996, 65 lk.
\u201eKupra\u201c algus. (1987. a). <\/strong>?,2003, 58 lk.
Kuresaapad. (1. osa) <\/strong>Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2002, 208 lk.
K\u00f5ndes. (2. osa, 1936\u20131942) <\/strong>Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2003, 328 lk.
Mitteminister. (3. osa, 1943\u20131948). <\/strong>Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2004, 332 lk.
Ole usin. (4. osa, 1948\u20131954). <\/strong>Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2005, 320 lk.
Leida ennast. (5. osa, 1954\u20131963). <\/strong>Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2006, 256 lk.
No siis\u2026 (6. osa, 1963\u20131966). <\/strong>Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2007, 320 lk.
Tondionu. (7. osa, 1966\u20131969). <\/strong>Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2008, 304 lk.
Tudeng Moskvas. (8. osa, 1969\u20131970). <\/strong>Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2009, 288 lk.
Helmiga. (9. osa, 1970\u20131971). <\/strong>Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2010, 288 lk.
Parteilisuse ajastul. (10. osa, 1971\u20131973). <\/strong>Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2011, 246 lk.
Eluteeristil (11. osa, 1973\u20131974). <\/strong>Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2012, 252 lk.
P\u00f5genikuna Moskvas. (12. osa, 1974\u20131975). <\/strong>Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2013, 280 lk.
Ei sure kirjanik. (13. osa, 1976\u20131979). <\/strong>Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2014, 247 lk.
Maria. (Tondi\u00f6\u00f6maja II). <\/strong>Tallinn: Faatum, 2005, 503 lk.
Tondi tulemine. (Tondi\u00f6\u00f6maja III). <\/strong>Tallinn: Heino Kiik, 2006, 486 lk.
Julgeolekust (KGB). <\/strong>Tallinn: Heino Kiik, 2006, 447 lk.
Vabanemise r\u00f5\u00f5mud (Tondi\u00f6\u00f6maja V). <\/strong>Tallinn: Heino Kiik, 2007, 360 lk.
Kunstirahva akadeemia I. <\/strong>Tallinn: Heino Kiik, 2009, 255 lk.
Kunstirahva akadeemia II. <\/strong>Tallinn: Heino Kiik, 2010, 380 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children\u2019s literature<\/strong><\/em>
Metsiku taltsutamine. <\/strong>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1965, 168 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drama<\/strong><\/em>
R\u00f5\u00f5m p\u00e4ikesest. <\/strong>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1986, 159 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Botany\/Horticulture<\/strong><\/em>
Dr. Julius Aamisepa teaduslikust p\u00e4randist. <\/strong>Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1959, 240 lk.
Dr. Mihkel Pill. <\/strong>Tallinn: Valgus, 1968, 235 lk.
Aleksander Eisenschmidt. <\/strong>Tallinn: Valgus, 1969, 111 lk.
Maaviljeluse k\u00e4siraamat. <\/strong>(Koos Richard Toomre, Osvald Halliku, Valve Jaaguse, R. Pandi, Tiina N\u00f5gese, Helmut Raigi, Hugo Richard Sutteri, J\u00fcri Heinsoo, E. Vindi, Jaan Lepaj\u00f5e ja J. Sarvega), Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1965, 644 lk.
Taimetark. <\/strong>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1968, 119 lk.
Taimetark II. <\/strong>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1976, 341 lk.
Taimetark III. <\/strong>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1986, 310 lk.
Maailma viljad I. <\/strong>Tallinn: Valgus, 1982, 87 lk.
Maailma viljad II. <\/strong>Tallinn: Valgus, 1984, 111 lk.
Maailma viljad III\u2013IV. <\/strong>Tallinn: Valgus, 1986, 303 lk; [I\u2013IV osa koos, Tallinn: Valgus, 1989, 560 lk].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miscellaneous<\/strong><\/em>
Legend Helmi Puur. <\/strong>Tallinn: Heino Kiik, 2012, 198 lk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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