{"id":512,"date":"2024-04-03T23:39:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/arvomagi\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:09:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:09:51","slug":"arvomagi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/m\/arvomagi\/","title":{"rendered":"Arvo M\u00e4gi"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tShort stories <\/a><\/strong>\"Arvo<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

Arvo M\u00e4gi (13. VI \/ 31. V 1913 \u2013 27. XI 2004, pseudonym Juhan Timmukuru) was a prose writer, literary scholar and commentator living in exile.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe was born in Tartumaa county, attended Hugo Treffner\u2019s Gymnasium, and from 1932 to 1939 the faculty of philosophy at the University of Tartu, and in 1939 the faculty of law. He also studied at the University of Helsinki. From 1939 to 1941 he worked at the National Museum of Estonia as a researcher and from 1941 to 1943 in the editorial office of Postimees. <\/span><\/i>He fled in 1943 to Finland, where he worked for the journal Malevlane<\/span><\/i>, and as an editor for the Estonian-language broadcasts on Finnish radio. From 1944 he lived in Sweden, where he worked for the newspapers Vabariiklane <\/span><\/i>(1945-1947) and Eesti P\u00e4evaleht <\/span><\/i>(1976-1982). He was on the board of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Co-operative, and a member of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union in Exile, the Estonian PEN Club and several other organisations. He was an honorary member of the Estonian Literary Society and an honorary alumnus of the academic fraternity Fraternitas Liviensis. For his novel Esimesed read <\/span><\/i>(\u2018The First Lines\u2019, 1953) he won first prize in the Orto novel competition in 1952, and for the novel Peep Koordipoja p\u00f5listalu <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Peep Koordipoja\u2019s Primal Farm\u2019, 1953) third prize in 1952. He won the cultural award of the Estonian National Congress in Sweden\u00a0in 1978 and 1990 and the Estonian Committee\u2019s prize in 1976, and the Order of the National Coat of Arms of Estonia, IV class in 1998. He died in Sweden; his ashes were scattered. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe beginnings of the career of one of the most productive Estonian authors in exile were in current affairs commentary, which he began in Estonia in the late thirties and continued in exile. His debut novel H\u00f5bedane noorus <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Silver Youth\u2019, 1949), which continued the tradition of the family novel, deals with the Tartu of the thirties, placing the Karovan family at its centre. The theme of sustaining the family tree, of the continuity of generations, one of the central themes in M\u00e4gi\u2019s works, is evident even in his first novel. The psychological novel Ringid vees <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Circles in the Water\u2019, 1952), applying the methodology of the modern novel, portrays the life of a boy from the slums of Tartu. Esimesed read <\/span><\/i>(1953)<\/span>\u00a0<\/i>examines the viewpoints of schoolboys, and Peep Koordipoja p\u00f5listalu <\/span><\/i>follows the story of a family who goes to live in the forest. There is a symbolic power in the struggle with an inundation in the novel Uputus <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Overflow\u2019, 1954), in which a clash between two brothers reveals an archetypal conflict.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe early sixties were an experimental period in M\u00e4gi\u2019s career, trying out various subjects and forms. The novel Paradiisi v\u00e4ravad <\/span><\/i>(\u2018The Gates of Paradise\u2019, 1960) looks at an artist\u2019s creative and internal problems; in the novel Karneval <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Carnival\u2019, 1962), which takes place on two temporal planes, examines various social questions, and human nature is revealed in extreme situations. In the novel Tants h\u00e4marusse <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Dance into Twilight\u2019, 1964) an uprising in mediaeval Germany is revealed from differing viewpoints. <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe refugee community is viewed in a satirical light in the novel Tuuleveski <\/span><\/i>(\u2018The Windmill\u2019, 1967), co-written with Kalju Lepik under the pseudonym Rein Kaljum\u00e4gi. M\u00e4gi also dealt with the refugee theme in his novels Epiloog <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Epilogue\u2019, 1977) and Kolm koda <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Three Chambers\u2019, 1987).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe action in M\u00e4gi\u2019s characteristically realistic family novel Taalrim\u00e4ng <\/span><\/i>(\u2018The Taler Game\u2019, 1968) takes place again in Tartu over the course of five generations. Tartu and Tartumaa county are among the central locations in M\u00e4gi\u2019s works; in this respect he has been compared to the Estonian exiled writer Bernard Kangro, another writer who used Tartu as a subject. What is regarded as M\u00e4gi\u2019s major work, the tetralogy Karvikute kroonika <\/span><\/i>(\u2018The Karvik Chronicle\u2019), which consists of the novels Risti riik <\/span><\/i>(\u2018The Land of the Cross\u2019, 1970), Uued isandad <\/span><\/i>(\u2018New Masters\u2019, 1971), \u00d5igus h\u00f5ima all <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Law Under the Tribe\u2019, 1972) and Lippude vahetus <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Change of Flags\u2019, 1973), looks at the conservative Karvik clan, placing them at the centre of the Estonian story over 31 generations, dealing with the period from the conquest of Sigtuna by the Estonians in 1187 until the nineteen-seventies. Alongside the characters\u2019 fates runs the chronicle of contemporary events. On the basis of the historical commentaries, M\u00e4gi compiled the popular non-fiction works Eesti rahva ajaraamat <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Chronicle of the Estonian People\u2019, 1979) and Euroopa rahvaste ajaraamat <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Chronicle of the European Peoples\u2019, 1984). <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tM\u00e4gi was also a productive short-story writer; the style of short prose is also characteristic of his novels. As with the novels, the stories have a typically demotic style and a colourful vocabulary. M\u00e4gi\u2019s short prose has both rural and urban settings; there are love stories and tales of crime. A sample of his short prose is found in the selections Lugu lahti <\/span><\/i>(\u2018The Story Opens\u2019, 1994) and Teine tera <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Whole Other Story\u2019, 1998).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tApart from prose, poetry and plays, he was also a prolific literary scholar and critic. He wrote both general surveys (such as L\u00fchike eesti kirjanduslugu <\/span><\/i>\u2013 \u2018A Short History of Estonian Literature\u2019 \u2013 I-II, 1965), monographs (such as Karl Ristikivi, <\/span><\/i>1962; Gert Helbem\u00e4e<\/span><\/i>, 1968; Kalju Lepik<\/span><\/i>, 1970); and essays collected in Aeg kirju ei kuluta <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Books Do Not Fade with Time\u2019, 1986). He also compiled poetry collections, such as Eesti l\u00fc\u00fcrika <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Estonian Lyric Poetry\u2019, I-II, 1958-1959) and Henrik Visnapuu\u2019s collected poems (I-II, 1963-1964).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tNovels<\/span><\/b><\/em>
H\u00f5bedane noorus<\/strong>: peat\u00fckke Karovonide perekonna kroonikast. Vadstena: Orto, 1949, 316 lk.
Ringid vees<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1952, 287 lk.
Juhan Timmukuru, Esimesed read<\/strong>: romaan \u00fche v\u00f5itluse algusest. Toronto: Orto, 1953, 350 lk<\/span><\/span><\/span>.
Juhan Timmukuru, Peep Koordipoja p\u00f5listalu<\/strong>. Toronto: Orto, 1953, 320 lk.
Uputus<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1954, 269 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 1999.]
Paradiisi v\u00e4ravad<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1960, 292 lk.
Karneval<\/strong>: romaan vahem\u00e4ngudega. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1962, 312 lk.
Tants h\u00e4marusse<\/strong>: lugu kolmes jaos. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1964, 310 lk.
Rein Kaljum\u00e4gi, Tuuleveski<\/strong>: nelik\u00fcmmend ja \u00fcks koltunud kirja lisadega. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1967, 262 lk.
Taalrim\u00e4ng<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1968, 299 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 2005.]
Risti riik: Karvikute kroonikat 1<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1970, 272 lk. [J\u00e4rgmised tr\u00fckid: 1992, 2008.]
Uued isandad. Karvikute kroonikat 2<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1971, 278 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 1992.]
\u00d5igus h\u00f5lma all: Karvikute kroonikat 3<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1972, 259 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 1997.]
Lippude vahetus: Karvikute kroonikat 4<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1973, 294 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 1997.]
Epiloog<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1977, 232 lk.
Kolm koda<\/strong>: romaan Stockholmi suvest 1980. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1987, 259 lk<\/span><\/span><\/span>.
Suvitusromaan<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1989, 199 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tShort prose<\/span><\/b><\/em>
Ei lasta elada<\/strong>: novelle. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1956, 303 lk.
Kiusaja<\/strong>: novelle. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1958, 312 lk.
Viimane paar<\/strong>: kaksk\u00fcmmend viis variatsiooni. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1965, 288 lk<\/span><\/span><\/span>.
Neli emandat<\/strong>: novelle. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1966, 274 lk.
Vana Testament<\/strong>: kaksteistk\u00fcmmend s\u00fcndinud lugu: jutustused. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1976, 219 lk.
Arvo M\u00e4gi, Silvia Rannu, Kaksk\u00fcmmend \u00fcks moraalset m\u00f5rvajuttu<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1979, 199 lk<\/span><\/span><\/span>.
Liivimaa jutud<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1983, 221 lk.
Hingede helin<\/strong>: seitseteist armulugu. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1985, 253 lk.
Nigulap\u00e4ev<\/strong>: k\u00fcmme variatsiooni. Novellid. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1988, 233 lk.
Lugu lahti<\/strong>: valimik novelle aastaist 1949-89. Tallinn: Perioodika [Loomingu Raamatukogu<\/span>], 1994, 135 lk.
Kolmas v\u00f5imalus<\/strong>: jutte, novelle ja episoode 1988-96. Stockholm: A. M\u00e4gi, 1996, 96 lk.
Teine tera<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1998, 291 lk. [Sari \u2018Eesti novellivara\u2019.]
P\u00e4rast pidu<\/strong>: 19 variatsiooni tungival teemal. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2000, 245 lk.
Katk ja koolera<\/strong>: kilde ajalooketta servadelt. Novellid. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2003, 206 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPoetry<\/span><\/b><\/em>
Regiv\u00e4rsid<\/strong>: luuletusi. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1963, 88 lk.
Vastuhelgid<\/strong>: luuletusi 1964-69. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1969, 80 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPlays<\/span><\/b><\/em>
Jeruusalemmast Tallinna<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1983, 244 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMiscellaneous<\/span><\/b><\/em>
Karl Ristikivi: l\u00fchimonograafia<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1962, 64 lk.
L\u00fchike eesti kirjanduslugu. Algusest kuni iseseisvusaja l\u00f5puni. 1. osa<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1965, 64 lk.
L\u00fchike eesti kirjanduslugu. Algusest kuni iseseisvusaja l\u00f5puni. 2. osa<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1965, 63 lk<\/span><\/span><\/span>.
Gert Helbem\u00e4e: l\u00fchimonograafia<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1968, 63 lk.
Kalju Lepik: l\u00fchimonograafia<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1970, 64 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 1993.]
Eesti rahva ajaraamat<\/strong>. Stockholm: Eesti P\u00e4evaleht, 1979, 256 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 1993.]
Euroopa rahvaste ajaraamat<\/strong>. Stockholm: Eesti P\u00e4evaleht, 1984, 264 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 1992.]
Aeg kirju ei kuluta: vaatlusi kirjandusest ja ajaloost<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1986, 255 lk<\/span><\/span><\/span>.
Arvo M\u00e4gi, Karl Ristikivi, Bernard Kangro, Eesti kirjandus paguluses 1944-1972<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1973, 180 lk<\/span><\/span><\/span>.
Endisaja elu-olu: kuidas elati P\u00f5hja-Tartumaal 1920-40<\/strong>. Stockholm: A. M\u00e4gi, 1994, 48 lk<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMemoirs<\/span><\/b><\/em>
Mis meelde on j\u00e4\u00e4nud<\/strong>: episoode ja meeleolusid. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2001, 310 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAbout Arvo M\u00e4gi<\/span><\/b><\/em>
Helmi Eller, Arvo M\u00e4gi: l\u00fchimonograafia<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1963, 64 lk<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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