{"id":346,"date":"2024-04-03T23:39:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/saat\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T14:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T11:18:28","slug":"saat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/s\/saat\/","title":{"rendered":"Mari Saat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Novels <\/span><\/strong><\/a>\"Mari<\/a><\/p>\n

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

About Mari Saat<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Mari Saat (since 1975 Mari Meel, b. 27. IX 1947) is a prose writer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She was born and educated in Tallinn, graduated from the faculty of economics at the Tallinn Polytechnic Institute, worked as a researcher at the Institute of Economics of the ESSR Academy of Sciences, since 1993 at the Tallinn Technical University. She became a Candidate of Economic Sciences in 1977. From 1983 to 1993 she was a professional writer in Tallinn. She joined the Writers\u2019 Union in 1976, and was on its board from 1976 to 1981. She is married to the artist Raul Meel.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She has received plenty of awards \u2013 on two occasions the F. Tuglas short story prize: in 1974 for her first book Katastroof<\/em> (\u2018Catastrophe\u2019, 1973) and in 1986 for the story Elsa Hermann<\/em> (1985); in 1985 she received the A.H. Tammsaare literature prize for her prose collection \u00d5un valguses ja varjus<\/em> (\u2018Apple in Light and Shadow\u2019, 1985); in 1989 the J. Smuul prize for the collection of children\u2019s stories Mina ise<\/em> (\u2018I Myself\u2019, 1988); the annual Writers\u2019 Union prize in 1992 for the novel V\u00f5lu ja vaim<\/em> (\u2018Charm and Spirit\u2019, 1990) and the Literature Endowment Annual Awards for the novels Sinik\u00f5rguste tuultes<\/em> (\u2018In the High Blue Winds\u2019, 2000) and Lasnam\u00e4e lunastaja<\/em> (\u2018The Saviour of Lasnam\u00e4e\u2019, 2008).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She made her debut in 1970 in the journal Noorus<\/em> with the short story Kollane liblikas<\/em> (\u2018The Yellow Butterfly\u2019). Her first book, Katastroof<\/em>, was published in 1973. At the beginning of her career, short prose predominated. An overview of Saat\u2019s work as a prose writer is provided by the collection Oakesed kaunas<\/em> (\u2018Beans in a Pod\u2019, 2014). The story, or short novel, Mida teha emaga?<\/em> (What\u2019s to be Done with Mother?\u2019, Looming<\/em>, 1977, in book form 1978) looks at the painful questions of the urbanisation of young people and the ageing of the rural population. Several of the characters in that novel also appear in the next one, Laanep\u00fc\u00fc<\/em> (\u2018Hazel Grouse\u2019, 1980) which focuses on contacts between the personal and the scientific world. The novel V\u00f5lu ja vaim<\/em> concentrates on mapping a woman\u2019s intellectual landscape and deals with questions of sexual identity. There was plenty of reaction to the novel Lasnam\u00e4e lunastaja<\/em> (\u2018The Saviour of Lasnam\u00e4e\u2019, 2008), which dealt with the lives of Russians living in Estonia and added a religious dimension to the social problems.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mari Saat\u2019s protagonists are often confronted by ethical choices. In her works the rational and the subconscious frequently collide. In Saat\u2019s works, a particular perceptual experience and dream-like motifs are emphasised. The world in which Saat\u2019s protagonists move is in every way normal and real according to external parameters, depicted in the matter-of-fact language typical of Saat\u2019s prose, and yet something cuts into this reality and events take on a peculiar strangeness, a background against which different facets of human nature are revealed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Novels<\/em><\/strong>
\nLaanep\u00fc\u00fc<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1980, 159 lk.
\nV\u00f5lu ja vaim<\/strong>. 1. raamat. Loomade r\u00e4nded. Tallinn: \u00d5llu, 1990, 140 lk.
\nSinik\u00f5rguste tuultes\u2026<\/strong>. Tallinn: Varrak, 2000, 117 lk.
\nLasnam\u00e4e lunastaja<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tuum, 2008, 149 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 2009.]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Stories<\/em><\/strong>
\nKatastroof<\/strong>. Jutustus. Tallinn: Perioodika (Loomingu Raamatukogu), 1973, 71 lk.
\nRoosipuupungad<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1975, 143 lk.
\nMida teha emaga?<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1978, 107 lk.
\n\u00d5un valguses ja varjus<\/strong>. Novelle ja jutustusi. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1985, 144 lk.
\nOakesed kaunas<\/strong>. Kogutud novellid. Tallinn: Tuum, 2014, 270 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Children\u2019s literature<\/em><\/strong>
\nMina ise<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1988, 45 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 2009.]
\nP\u00e4kapiku\u00f5petus<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tuum, 1995, 16 lk. [J\u00e4rgmised tr\u00fckid: 2011, 2017.]
\nKuu King<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tammerraamat, 2017, 119 lk.
\nMaa ja Taevas<\/strong>. Tallinn: TEA Kirjastus, 2017, 22 lk.
\nUrrr ja Auhh<\/strong>. V\u00e4ikese J\u00e4nese k\u00e4est kuuldud loo kirja pannud Mari Saat. Kujundanud Liisa Maria Murdvee; illustratsioonid: Liidia Meel. Tallinn: Tuum, 2023, 69 lk.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Non-fiction<\/em><\/strong>
\nSurija \u00fcksildusest<\/strong>. Esseed. Tallinn: Tuum, 2004, 108 lk.
\nMatused ja laulupeod<\/strong>. Tartu: Petrone Print, 2015, 168 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

About Mari Saat<\/em><\/strong>
\nV\u00f5lus ja vaimus, valguses ja varjus. Mari Saadi maailm<\/strong>. Koostajad Piret Viires ja Virve Sarapik. Tallinn, Tartu: Tartu \u00dclikooli Kirjastus, 2015. [Sari \u2018Et\u00fc\u00fcde n\u00fc\u00fcdiskultuurist\u2019.]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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