{"id":373,"date":"2024-04-03T23:39:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/vallisoo\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:10:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:10:15","slug":"vallisoo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/v\/vallisoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mari Vallisoo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPoems<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\"Mari<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAbout Mari Vallisoo<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

Mari Vallisoo (12. XI 1950 \u2013 4. VIII 2013) emerged as one of the most distinctive Estonian poets of the last quarter of the twentieth century.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tVallisoo was born in the village of Sassukvere near Kodavere in eastern Estonia, and attended Ranna primary school and Secondary School number 8 in Tartu. Vallisoo\u2019s first poems appeared in a school almanac during her school years in Tartu. From 1970 to 1973 she studied at the Tallinn School of Economics, from where she graduated as an engineer-programmer. Vallisoo worked in the Tartu department of the Institute for the mechanization of computation, and in the department of logic and psychology at the University of Tartu. In 1983 she was accepted as a member of the Writers\u2019 Union and from that time until her death she worked in Tartu as a freelance writer.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tVallisoo\u2019s first four collections formed her basic style and assured the young author\u2019s place among the elite of Estonian poetry. In her creations, Vallisoo united the classical tradition emanating from Symbolism with inherited culture connected with folklore and mythology. In her early poetry there is often a central home-space, where everyday life meets with supernatural forces \u2013 on the one hand her poetry reflected the ordinary environment, on the other it was heavily imbued with a mythical sense of the world. Critics have also noted Vallisoo\u2019s ability to bind spoken rhythms and lightness with metrical structures. Of Vallisoo\u2019s earlier works, special attention has been paid to the collection R\u00e4ndlinnud k\u00f5rvaltoas<\/em> (\u2018Migratory Birds in the Next Room\u2019, 1983), which has the qualities of ballads and of dialogue.
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Some partial changes in Vallisoo\u2019s work occurred with the collection S\u00fcnnis\u00f5nad ja surmas\u00f5numid<\/em> (\u2018Words of Birth and Messages of Death\u2019, 1991), which won the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union poetry award. This book contained more literary reflections than before, and also poems in dialect. The Kodavere dialect \u2013 Vallisoo\u2019s childhood language \u2013 came to dominate the collection Ussis\u00f5nad<\/em> (\u2018Snake-words\u2019, 2001) and the book Viim\u00e4ne vihim<\/em> (\u2018The Last Rain\u2019, 2013), which appeared posthumously. Together with linguistic change, the \u2018I\u2019 of the text began to represent a local culture. Vallisoo has twice won the Juhan Liiv Poetry Prize, the significance of the prize being enhanced by the fact that Vallisoo and Liiv were from the same area.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNew features appeared in Vallisoo\u2019s poetry with Koidut\u00e4ht koolivihikus<\/em> (\u2018Dawn Star in an Exercise Book\u2019, 2011), the last collection to appear in the author\u2019s lifetime, which was more concerned than before with exploring the universe and the scientific viewpoint. Yet this did not signify a fundamental change of attitude, for in addition to new subjects, Vallisoo continued with the mythical sense of life and graceful use of classical language, familiar from her earlier poetry.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tM. V. (Translated by\u00a0C. M.)<\/span><\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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

\n\tPoems<\/em><\/strong>
Kallid koerad<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1979, 88 lk.
K\u00f5nelen sinuga kevadekuul<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1980, 68 lk.\u00a0
R\u00e4ndlinnud k\u00f5rvaltoas<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1983, 80 lk.\u00a0
K\u00f5nelevad ja lendavad<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1986, 72 lk.\u00a0
S\u00fcnnis\u00f5nad ja surmas\u00f5numid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1991, 80 lk.\u00a0
Ainsuse olevik<\/strong>. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2000, 62 lk.
Ussis\u00f5nad<\/strong>. Kodavere keeles. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2001, 56 lk. [\u00dches luulekassetis koos Hendrik Adamsoni ja Mats Traadi raamatutega.]
Koidut\u00e4ht koolivihikus<\/strong>. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2011, 86 lk.\u00a0
Tabamatu toal\u00e4vel. Valik 1979\u20132000<\/strong>. Tartu: Tartu \u00dclikooli Kirjastus, 2011, 108 lk. [Sari \u2018Kaasaja luule\u2019.]
Viim\u00e4ne vihim<\/strong>. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2013, 104 lk.\u00a0
M\u00e4lestusi maailmast 1966\u20132013<\/strong>. Koostanud\u00a0Tuuli Vallisoo ja Ann Kilk. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2015, 624 lk. [Kogutud luuletused.]<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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