{"id":382,"date":"2024-04-03T23:39:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/kask\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:10:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:10:12","slug":"kask","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/k\/kask\/","title":{"rendered":"Agu Kask"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAbout Agu Kask<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>\"Agu<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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Agu Kask\u00a0(22.\/9. XI 1906<\/span>\u00a0\u2013<\/span>\u00a024. VII 1977) was an expatriate prose writer, whose novels describe the experiences of Estonians during turbulent times.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe was born in Vana-T\u00e4nnassilma parish, Viljandi county, and studied in Viljandi. He worked as a journalist for the newspaper P\u00e4evaleht<\/em> in Tallinn and at the State Broadcasting Company. During the war, he was a war correspondent\u00a0on the eastern front. He fled to Germany in 1944, after that to Sweden in 1950 where he worked in industry. He passed away in Stockholm.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe started publishing his fiction in exile. His main theme is the events and post-war years of World War II and how Estonians fared in the whirlwind of turbulent times. The novels <\/span>V\u00f5\u00f5ra risti all<\/span><\/span><\/i>\u00a0(\u2018Under a Foreign Cross\u2019, 1950) and <\/span>Kartuse ja lootuse vahel<\/span><\/span><\/i>\u00a0(\u2018Between Fear and Hope\u2019, 1952) describe a young woman\u2019s life in the final years of World War II. Having married a German, the woman leaves Estonia but due to familial conflict finds herself in a war refugee camp, where the corrupt nature of other Estonians becomes evident. The novel <\/span>Unustatud sugup\u00f5lv <\/span><\/span><\/i>(\u2018The Forgotten Generation\u2019, 1951) presents a soldier\u2019s point of view on various issues such as the pointlessness of war. The novel <\/span>Varjud udus <\/span><\/span><\/i>(\u2018Shadows in the Mist\u2019, 1956) depicts a young Estonian\u2019s life in Soviet prison camps. Agu Kask\u2019s novels prioritize descriptions of events, which reflects the author\u2019s experience as a journalist, and focus less on the psychology of characters. Preserving and remembering what happened is most important.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tA. K. (Translated by A. S.)<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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

\n\tNovels<\/span><\/b>
V\u00f5\u00f5ra risti all<\/strong>. G\u00f6teborg: Orto: 1950, 231 lk.
Unustatud sugup\u00f5lv<\/strong>. G\u00f6teborg, Toronto: Orto, 1951, 324 lk.
Kartuse ja lootuse vahel<\/strong>. Toronto: Orto, 1952, 236 lk.
Varjud udus<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1956, 344 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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