{"id":337,"date":"2024-04-03T23:39:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/hendrikadamson\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T12:42:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T09:42:39","slug":"hendrikadamson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/a\/hendrikadamson\/","title":{"rendered":"Hendrik Adamson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poems<\/strong><\/a>\"Hendrik<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Short stories<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

About Hendrik Adamson<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n


Hendrik Adamson (6. X 1891 \u2013 7. III 1946) was a poet who also wrote short prose. He was born in Southern Estonia in Viljandimaa, K\u00e4rstna parish. His school journey began in a local parish school and continued at the Tartu Teachers\u2019 Seminary from 1907-1911. Afterwards, he worked as a teacher and school principal, remaining the longest at his native K\u00e4rstna school. In 1927, because of a worsening lung illness, Adamson quit his pedagogical work. He lived frugally at a small farm in K\u00e4rstna, living only off his writing. In the 1940s, he returned to teaching for a very short period of time. Adamson died in K\u00e4rstna in 1946.<\/span>
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While teaching in K\u00e4rstna, Adamson read primarily Russian and Estonian literature. Following the example of the nineteenth century Estonian romantic national poets (especially Ado Reinvald), he also began his first verse attempts. During his time at the Tartu Teachers\u2019 Seminary, he started reading the works of famous Western authors (Goethe, Schiller, Ibsen, Hauptmann, Jack London, and others). As a young teacher, Adamson began from 1913 to publish several short stories and poems in newspapers. Especially his poems interested the writer and critic Friedebert Tuglas, who went on to compile and edit a large part of Adamson\u2019s poetry collections. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adamson\u2019s first poetry book Mulgimaa<\/em> (1919) attracted attention despite its small volume. With its authentic approach to land and nature, it came across as exceptional and fresh in contrast to the endeavors of symbolism and modernism of the time. It consisted of lyrical tones as well as folk humor, most of which were written in Adamson\u2019s local Mulgi dialect. Nature, village life, and the moods of Mulgimaa remained keywords in Adam\u2019s future poetry, and he was known above all as the \u201cMulgimaa laulik<\/em>\u201d (\u2018the Bard of Mulgimaa\u2019). His second collection Inimen<\/em> (\u2018Human\u2019, 1925), however, contained also many texts in standard Estonian and philosophical abstractions. The third collection T\u00f5us ja m\u00f5\u00f5n<\/em> (\u2018High Tide, Low Tide\u2019, 1931) was again dominated by dialect and tonal images, yet showed more reverence toward form and experimentation of language and verse as well as some artificiality. Adamson\u2019s more traditional style returned in his fourth, elegiac collection Kolletusp\u00e4ev<\/em> (\u2018Day of Withering\u2019, 1934). His most mature and multifaceted poetry collection is considered to be M\u00e4lestuste maja<\/em> (\u2018House of Memories\u2019, 1936), whose poetics are formed \u2013 more than in previous collections \u2013 from the elements of older and newer Estonian folksongs. The central part of the collection Linnulaul<\/em> (\u2018Bird Song\u2019, 1937) consists of ballads, many of which rely on folklore. The manuscript Seitsmes<\/em> (\u2018Seventh\u2019), which consisted of poems from the years 1937-42, remained unpublished. Several select collections of Adamson\u2019s poetry have been published posthumously, and in 2008 his collected poems were published.<\/span>
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Adamson\u2019s short prose, the best of which is written in witty and sharp language, includes Roheline sisalik<\/em> (\u2018The Green Lizard\u2019) and Kuldblond neitsi<\/em> (\u2018Golden Blonde Virgin\u2019) published in 1925 as well as posthumous collections. He also published autobiographical stories Kuldsel elukoidikul<\/em> (\u2018At the Golden Dawn of Life\u2019, 1928), Auli<\/em> (\u2018Auli\u2019, 1929 in the journal Looming<\/em>), and Auli kiusatus<\/em> (\u2018Auli\u2019s Temptation\u2019, 1931 in the supplement of the newspaper Sakala<\/em>). The latter two were published in 1989 in the book Auli<\/em> (\u2018Auli\u2019). <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is worth noting that Adamson also wrote original poetry and prose in Esperanto, which was published in several journals; likewise his works in Estonian have been translated into Esperanto. The story Auli<\/em> and the poetry collection Vesperkanto<\/em> (\u2018\u00d5htulaul\u2019<\/em>, or \u2018Night Song\u2019) were published as books (in 1934 and 1967 respectively). An Esperanto-language memorial stone has been placed on Adamson\u2019s grave in Helme cemetary.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

E. S. (Translated by M. M.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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

Poems<\/em><\/strong>
Mulgimaa<\/strong>. Tartu: Odamees, 1919, 47 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1936, 57 lk.]<\/span>
Inimen<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1925, 62 lk.<\/span>
Hulkuw laip: (poeem-grotesk)<\/strong>. Viljandi: Sakala, 1927, 14 lk.<\/span>
T\u00f5us ja m\u00f5\u00f5n: luuuletised<\/strong>. [Tartu]: Eesti Kirjanikkude Liit, 1931, 46 lk.<\/span>
Kolletusp\u00e4ev<\/strong>. [Tartu]: Eesti Kirjanikkude Liit, 1934, 57 lk.<\/span>
M\u00e4lestuste maja: luuletisi<\/strong>. [Tartu]: Eesti Kirjanikkude Liit, 1936, 70 lk.<\/span>
Linnulaul: luuletusi<\/strong>. [Tartu]: Eesti Kirjanikkude Liit, 1937, 67 lk.<\/span>
Kolm pilku<\/strong>. Toimetanud Aino Kosesson ja Endel K\u00f6ks, eess\u00f5na\u00a0Harald Parrest. Geislingen: [1947], 30 lk.<\/span>
Kogutud luuletused<\/strong>. Koostanud ja j\u00e4rels\u00f5na Arvo M\u00e4gi. Stockholm: Vaba Eesti, 1963, 300 lk.<\/span>
Hendrik Adamson<\/strong>. Koostanud\u00a0Ain Kaalep. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1965, 145 lk. [Sari \u2018V\u00e4ike luuleraamat\u2019.]<\/span>
Vikerkaar ja vari<\/strong>. Koostanud Hando Runnel.\u00a0Tartu: Ilmamaa, 1998, 95 lk.<\/span>
Laotuse \u00f5lman: ma muigan mu mulgi murden: 1919\u20131945<\/strong>. Koostanud Hando Runnel.\u00a0Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2001, 102 lk.<\/span>
Om maid maailman tuhandit: kogutud luuletused<\/strong>. Koostanud Hando Runnel.\u00a0Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2008, 731 lk.<\/span><\/span>
Elu s\u00f5nad<\/strong>. J\u00e4relp\u00f5iming. Koostaja ja saates\u00f5na Hando Runnel. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2020, 149 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short stories<\/em><\/strong>
Roheline sisalik<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1925, 66 lk.<\/span>
Kuldblond neitsi<\/strong>. [Eesti: s.n., 1925], 68 lk.<\/span>
Kuldsel elukoidikul: jutustus lapsep\u00f5lvest<\/strong>. Viljandi: H. Adamson, 1928, 111 lk.<\/span>
Auli: lugu \u00fchest v\u00e4ikesest poisist<\/strong>. Koostanud Hando Runnel.\u00a0<\/span>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1989, 76 lk.<\/span>
Kuldsel elukoidikul<\/strong>. Koostanud ja j\u00e4rels\u00f5na Hando Runnel. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2011, 479 lk.<\/span>
Pastaldega pikne<\/strong>. Koostanud Hando Runnel.\u00a0<\/span>Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2013, 302 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Correspondence, diary<\/strong><\/em>
Kirjade kuningas<\/strong>. Koostanud Hando Runnel, toimetanud Katre Ligi. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2023, 255 lk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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