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Jaan Lattik (22\/10 November 1878 \u2013 27 June 1967) was a clergyman, statesman and prose writer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lattik was born in V\u00f5ru County, studied at Tartu Hugo Treffner Private Gymnasium, Tartu State Gymnasium and at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Tartu, graduating with the Candidate of Theology degree. He was a member of the Estonian Students\u2019 Society. Lattik worked as a schoolteacher and pastor of the Viljandi rural congregation. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of the Republic of Estonia and the I\u2013V Riigikogu (Parliament), one of the founders and leading figures of the Christian People\u2019s Party, Minister of Education and Foreign Affairs and, in 1939\u20131940, the ambassador of the Republic of Estonia in Lithuania. In 1944, Lattik fled to Sweden where he worked as a clergyman. Jaan Lattik died in Stockholm. He was buried in Stockholm Forest Cemetery but was reburied in Viljandi Old Cemetery on 1 November 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lattik started writing fiction already in his school days, when prose pieces appeared in the press under the pseudonym Kittal. He gained attention with the humorous story Kui meil veel p\u00fcksa ei olnud<\/em> (\u2018When We Didn\u2019t Have Pants Yet\u2019), which appeared in Noor-Eesti I album<\/em> (\u20181st Album of Young Estonia\u2019, 1905). Lattik\u2019s collection of short stories Meie noored<\/em> (\u2018Our Youth\u2019, 1907) with illustrations by Karl August Hindrey<\/a> gained great popularity and a solid place in Estonian children\u2019s literature. Childhood memories are also used in the collections Minu kodust<\/em> (\u2018About My Home\u2019, 1921) and Mets<\/em> (\u2018Forest\u2019, 1928). Lattik attractively depicts the village life at the end of the 19th century focussing on the world of children\u2019s thoughts and games. Lattik has used his native Karula dialect; he is a good storyteller with a great sense of humour. Koolipoisid<\/em> (\u2018Schoolboys\u2019, 1928) is aimed at younger readers. Lattik also used the memories of childhood and youth in the collections published in exile, R\u00e4\u00e4gi mulle \u00fcks jutt<\/em> (\u2018Tell Me a Story\u2019, 1946), M\u00f5rsjap\u00e4rg<\/em> (\u2018Bride\u2019s Wreath\u2019, 1951) and Talupoja laul<\/em> (\u2018The Peasant\u2019s Song\u2019, 1953). A characteristic of Lattik is the absence of a strict boundary between memoir and fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In exile, Lattik was one of the most important memoirists in Estonian literature. His activities as a pastor and politician and his years as a refugee are commemorated in the books Viljandi kirikum\u00f5is k\u00f5neleb<\/em> (\u2018Viljandi Church Mansion Speaks\u2019, 1948), Teekond l\u00e4bi \u00f6\u00f6<\/em> I\u2013IV (\u2018Journey Through the Night\u2019 I\u2013IV, 1950\u20131958) and Minu album<\/em> (\u2018My album\u2019, 1960).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaan Lattik has also published the travel book L\u00f5unamaale<\/em> (\u2018To the Southern Land\u2019, 1925) and spiritual literature, such as Martin Luther<\/em> (1924), Elavad s\u00f6ed<\/em> (\u2018Living Embers\u2019, 1932) and Tulge vee juurde<\/em> (\u2018Come to the Water\u2019, 1961) and the love novel Teda ei ole siin!<\/em> (\u2018She Isn\u2019t Here!\u2019, 1964).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. K. (Translated by I. A.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Books in Estonian<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Novels<\/em><\/strong>
Teda ei ole siin!<\/strong>. Stockholm: EMP, 1964, 256 lk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short prose<\/em><\/strong>
Surnu pruut<\/strong>. Katkised k\u00e4ed. Tartu: Postimees, 1924, 62 lk
Surnu pruut<\/strong>. Tartu: Postimees, 1928, 187 lk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children\u2019s literature<\/em><\/strong>
Meie noored<\/strong>. Tartu: K. S\u00f6\u00f6t, 1907, 82 lk [j\u00e4rgmised tr\u00fckid: 1913, 1918, 1921]
Minu kodust<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tallinna Eesti Kirjastus-\u00dchisus, 1921, 102 lk
Koolipoisid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tallinna Eesti Kirjastus-\u00dchisus, 1928, 112 lk [2. tr 1988]
Mets<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tallinna Eesti Kirjastus-\u00dchisus, 1928, 120 lk
R\u00e4\u00e4gi mulle \u00fcks jutt<\/strong>: jutustused noortele ja vanadele. Stockholm: V\u00e4lis-Eesti Kirjastustoimkond, 1946, 148 lk
Kui meil veel p\u00fcksa ei olnud<\/strong>. Koost. H. Runnel. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 1998, 255 lk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Memoirs<\/em><\/strong>
Viljandi kirikum\u00f5is k\u00f5neleb<\/strong>. Vadstena: Orto, 1948, 294 lk [2. tr 1993]
Teekond l\u00e4bi \u00f6\u00f6. 1. osa<\/strong>. Vadstena: Orto, 1950, 384 lk [2. tr 2015]
Teekond l\u00e4bi \u00f6\u00f6. 2. osa<\/strong>. Toronto: Orto, 1952, 313 lk [2. tr 2016]
Teekond l\u00e4bi \u00f6\u00f6. 3. osa<\/strong>. Toronto: Orto, 1955, 302 lk [2. tr 2016]
Teekond l\u00e4bi \u00f6\u00f6. 4. osa<\/strong>. Toronto: Orto, 1958, 444 lk
M\u00f5rsjap\u00e4rg<\/strong>: jutustusi ja m\u00e4lestusi. G\u00f6teborg: Orto, 1951, 315 lk
Talupoja laul<\/strong>: jutustusi ja m\u00e4lestusi. G\u00f6teborg: Orto, 1953, 302 lk
Minu album<\/strong>: aja- ja eluloolisi lehek\u00fclgi. Toronto: Orto, 1960, 238 lk
Meie vanad. Mu kodumaa vaene\u2026: 1942-1961<\/strong>. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2002, 301 lk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miscellaneous<\/em><\/strong>
Martin Luter<\/strong>: [usupuhastuse tuleku 400 a. m\u00e4lestusp\u00e4evaks: 1524-1924]. Tartu: Usupuhastuse juubeli kirjandusline kommisjon, 1924, 80 lk
L\u00f5unamaale<\/strong>: reisikirjeldused. Tallinn: Tallinna Eesti Kirjastus-\u00dchisus, 1925, 151 lk
Elawad s\u00f6ed<\/strong>: l\u00fchikesi k\u00f5nelusi ja palweid koolile ja kodule. Tallinn: Tallinna Eesti Kirjastus-\u00dchisus, 1932, 168 lk
Tulge vee juurde<\/strong>: l\u00fchik\u00f5nelusi ja jutlusi Jumala t\u00f5dede j\u00e4rele janunevale s\u00fcdamele. Toronto: Orto, 1961, 280 lk\u00a0
\u00d5htu ajal on valgus<\/strong>. Koost. H. Runnel. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2013, 431 lk
Minu Karula album<\/strong>: aja- ja eluloolisi lehek\u00fclgi. [Jaan Lattiku m\u00e4lestusteraamatus \u201cMinu album\u201d (kirjastus \u201cOrto\u201d, Toronto 1960) antud \u00f5petuse ja soovituse j\u00e4rgi buketiks sidunud Toivo Kotov] Karula: T. Kotov, 2018, 76 lk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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