{"id":431,"date":"2024-04-03T23:39:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/look\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T00:05:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:05:55","slug":"look","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/l\/look\/","title":{"rendered":"Kairi Look"},"content":{"rendered":"

Children\u2019s literature<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kairi Look (born 19 April 1983) is a children\u2019s writer and author of short prose.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look was born in Tallinn. She graduated from the University of Tartu as a BSc in physiotherapy in 2005 and from the University of Amsterdam as an MSc in children\u2019s rehabilitation in 2008. She has upgraded her qualifications in the same speciality in Finland and at Ghent University in Belgium. In 2014, she completed a course of creative writing at Drakadeemia (a private school in Tallinn specializing on theatre-specific creative writing and other theatre-related subjects) and, in 2015, stayed at the Cit\u00e9 internationale des arts<\/em> creative residency in Paris. She has been a member of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union from 2015.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look\u2019s first book for children appeared in 2012. Her stories for children are published in the magazines T\u00e4heke<\/em>, Hea Laps<\/em> and Pere ja Kodu<\/em>. Kairi Look\u2019s stories are characterized by the joy of life. The author appreciates beautiful language and finds that the road to great literature goes through reading of children\u2019s books.<\/span><\/span><\/span> Her children\u2019s books have been translated into many languages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Look was already a recognized and translated children\u2019s writer, her breakthrough as a writer came with the novel for adults Tantsi tolm p\u00f5randast<\/em> (\u2018Dance the Dust Away from the Floor\u2019, 2025), which examines the spaces and boundaries of a childhood and a generation in the crumbling society of the 1980s and newly independent Estonia. With the support of her great-grandmother\u2019s life and teachings, the main character heads abroad in search of light, dance, freedom and herself. Critic Eik Hermann noted that Tantsi tolm p\u00f5randast<\/em> is boldly exploratory in form as well. The novel earned Look the title of Writer of the Year and the Rahva Raamat Book of the Year Award; it was one of the most talked-about literary events of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kairi Look has also written short stories for adults. In 2018, Look won the annual prize of the journal Looming<\/em> for her short story Relaps<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kairi Look has translated several children\u2019s books from Dutch into Estonian and Manon Uphoff\u2019s short story Sitt<\/em> (\u2018Shit\u2019), which was published in the collection Maailma novell<\/em> (\u2018Short Stories from Around the World\u2019, 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Novels<\/strong><\/em>
Tantsi tolm p\u00f5randast<\/strong>. Tallinn: SA Kultuurileht, 2025. 164 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 2025.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children\u2019s books<\/em><\/strong>
Leemuripoeg Ville teeb s\u00e4\u00e4red<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2012. 161 lk.
Lennujaama lutikad ei anna alla<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2014. 207 lk.
Peeter, s\u00f5pradele Peetrike<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2014. 57 lk.
Piia Pr\u00e4\u00e4nik kolib sisse<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2015. 103 lk. [2., parandatud tr\u00fckk: 2022.]<\/span><\/span><\/span>
H\u00e4rra Klaasi p\u00f6\u00f6rane muuseum<\/strong>. Tallinn: Evera, 2016. 71 lk.
Sasip\u00e4iste printsesside saar<\/strong>. Tallinn: P\u00e4ike ja Pilv, 2016. 28 lk.
Piia Pr\u00e4\u00e4nik ja bandiidid<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2019. 142 lk. [2., parandatud tr\u00fckk: 2023.]
Piia Pr\u00e4\u00e4nik ja s\u00f5nas\u00f6\u00f6bik<\/strong>. Tallinn: Koolibri, 2021. 119 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span> [2., parandatud tr\u00fckk: 2024.]<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Peeter, s\u00f5pradele Peetrike<\/strong>. Joonistanud Elina Sildre. Tallinn: Koolibri, 2022. 57 lk.
Kiludisko<\/strong>. Illustreerinud Ulla Saar. Tallinn: Pu\u00e4nt, 2023. 112 lk.
Natuke suur<\/strong>. Pildid Anne Pikkov. Tallinn: Koolibri, 2024. 34 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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