{"id":419,"date":"2024-04-03T23:39:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/leesalu\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:10:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:10:06","slug":"leesalu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/l\/leesalu\/","title":{"rendered":"Diana Leesalu"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNovels<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/strong>\"Diana<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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Diana Leesalu (born 1 XI 1982<\/span>) is a writer<\/span>, dramaturge<\/span> and theatre director<\/span>. <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tShe was born in P\u00f5lva and acquired secondary education at P\u00f5lva Secondary School. In 2005, Leesalu completed her bachelor\u2019s studies at the Estonian University of Life Sciences in the speciality of exploitation and protection of natural resources and worked thereafter at the Environmental Investment Centre. In 2008, she entered the Drama Department of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre to study dramaturgy and graduated in 2012. Since graduation from the Drama Department, Leesalu has worked at Tallinn City Theatre as a director and dramaturge. She also teaches dramaturgy at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tLeesalu\u2019s debut novel, 2 grammi h\u00e4maruseni<\/i> (\u20182 Grams to Twilight\u2019), published in 2005, was one of the nominees for Betti Alver Debut Prize. It is a story about a teenage girl in a small present-day town.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2006, Leesalu won the competition for young adults\u2019 novels organised by T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev publishers and the Estonian Children\u2019s Literature Centre with her novel M\u00e4ngult on p\u00e4riselt<\/i> (\u2018Game is Reality\u2019). In this book, the author watches the wanderings of two young people \u2013 a sister living in a student dormitory and her younger brother staying at home with his father \u2013 in search of the meaning of life and human understanding. Both protagonists have their problems to solve. No support is found from the family and each other, and the final solution is tragic. The book has been translated into Lithuanian. Mahaj\u00e4etud maja<\/i> (\u2018Forsaken House\u2019), published in 2010, is a funny but chilling story about three boys whose mischievous curiosity leads them into adventures.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tLeesalu\u2019s work at the theatre has not been restricted to directing. She has written plays herself (Offline<\/i>, 2013) and been the co-author of Kaarel B. V\u00e4ljam\u00e4e\u2019s poetry productions Suur mees juba<\/i> (\u2018A Big Man Already\u2019, 2010) and Kriipsud uksepiidal<\/i> (\u2018Scratches on the Doorjamb, 2017). <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tL. P. <\/i>(Translated by I. A.)<\/i><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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

\n\tNovels<\/b><\/em>
Kaks grammi h\u00e4maruseni<\/strong>. Luige (Harjumaa): Verb, 2005, 167 lk.
M\u00e4ngult on p\u00e4riselt<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2006, 279 lk.
Mahaj\u00e4etud maja<\/strong>. Tallinn: Pegasus, 2010, 284 lk.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPlays<\/b><\/em>
Offline<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tallinna Linnateater, 2013, 64 lk. <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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