{"id":612,"date":"2024-04-03T23:40:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/haavaoks\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:09:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:09:34","slug":"haavaoks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/h\/haavaoks\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Haavaoks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tPaul Haavaoks <\/span>(12. VI 1924 \u2013 30. IX 1983) was an Estonian poet.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe was born in J\u00e4rvesuu parish near V\u00e4rska in Setumaa, south-east Estonia. From 1932 to 1938 he attended V\u00e4rska primary\u00a0school, from 1946 to 1947 the Valga school for rural youth; he gained his secondary education in 1953 at the night secondary school\u00a0for working youth in P\u00f5lva. He worked at several jobs and was active in Komsomol. Among other places he worked at the Leevaku, Vastse-Nursi and Saesaare\u00a0power station construction sites, on the Saatse parish\u00a0executive committee, and in the editorial office of the newspaper Koit <\/span><\/i>in P\u00f5lva. From 1955 Haavaoks was a professional writer, living mostly at R\u00e4pina, and in summer also at his home farm in V\u00e4rska. \u00a0<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHaavaoks\u2019 first verses appeared in 1937, but his consistent activity as a poet began later. Haavaoks was inspired in his choice of a literary career by a meeting with Juhan Smuul. Haavaoks\u2019 poetic language is consistently simple and assured in form; this has favoured the use of his poems as song lyrics. A large part of Haavaoks\u2019 work has always been a poeticization of nature, rural life and simple work; the association of his identity with Setumaa has always been important to him \u2013 Haavaoks has been the best-known Setu poet over the years. One of the writers who has influenced Haavaoks is the Russian Sergey Esenin, who has been called \u2018the last village bard\u2019. The attitude of the village bard is also true of Haavaoks. In Estonian literature there is a particular match between Haavaoks\u2019 work and that of Juhan Liiv and Juhan Smuul.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe earlier phase of Haavaoks\u2019 career consists of the collections published in the fifties and sixties. Compared with the later ones, there are more Soviet themes and poetic styles, but somewhat more description and classical form. A lyricism prevails, though Haavaoks also makes some attempts more substantial long\u00a0poems, such as the title poem of his third collection, Metsad kohisevad <\/span><\/i>(\u2018The Forests Are Rustling\u2019, 1962). Often Haavaoks describes the landscapes of his home district \u2013 forests, heaths, the shores of Lake Peipsi, the Setu villages \u2013 and these remain typical of him later, too.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe way into Haavaoks\u2019 later poetry goes through Sipelgarada <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Ants\u2019 Trail\u2019, 1970), where there are three striking changes \u2013 alongside his poetry in Estonian he writes poems in Setu dialect; secondly, the Setu identity merges more clearly than before with the national identity; thirdly, the signs of Soviet politics disappear. In his last collections the existential awareness of life deepens and the imagery becomes multi-layered. The subject-matter does not change markedly, there is some depiction of the urban landscape in his later work, (as in the collection Kanajala linnajagu, \u2018<\/span><\/i>Kanajala District\u2019, 1977) but it generally means a complicated relationship between country and town.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to poetry for adults, Haavaoks also published verse for children. He also published a book of memoirs, Eelkarastumine <\/span><\/i>(\u2018Prior Tempering\u2019), based on his life and work at Leevaku. <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tM. V. (Translated by C. M.)<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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

\n\tPoetry<\/span><\/span><\/i>
Peipsi rannalt: luuletusi 1949\u20131957. <\/span><\/b>Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1957, 92 lk.
R\u00e4ndajad maanteel. <\/span><\/b>Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1960, 104 lk.
Metsad kohisevad. <\/span><\/b>Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1962, 104 lk.
Laul suurest salvest: luuletusi. <\/span><\/b>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1965, 120 lk.
Sipelgarada. <\/span><\/b>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1970, 100 lk.
Talvised mesipuud: valik luuletusi 1949\u20131969. <\/span><\/b>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1971, 276 lk.
Palumaa pedajad. <\/span><\/b>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1974, 96 lk.
Kanajala linnajagu. <\/span><\/b>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1977, 112 lk.
On k\u00fcla kuskil veel<\/span><\/b>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1980, 88 lk.
Rannah\u00e4\u00e4led. <\/span><\/b>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1981, 72 lk.
Suvised nurmed: valik luuletusi, 1962\u20131982. <\/span><\/b>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1984, 168 lk.
Paul Haavaoks. <\/span><\/b>Koostanud \u00dclo Tonts. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1988, 160 lk. [Sari \u2018V\u00e4ike
luuleraamat\u2019.]
Palumaad ja rannah\u00e4\u00e4led: valik luulet. <\/span><\/b>Koostanud Ilme Hoidmets ja Nele Reimann. V\u00e4rska: Seto Instituut, 2020, 336 lk.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tChildren\u2019s books<\/span><\/span><\/i>
Rannapoisid. <\/span><\/b>Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1960, 40 lk.
Lehesall ja lumer\u00e4tt. <\/span><\/b>Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1962, 32 lk.
Nipitiri. <\/span><\/b>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1974, 56 lk.
Valge pilliroog. <\/span><\/b>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1974, 112 lk.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMemoirs<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b>
Eelkarastumine. <\/span><\/b>Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1974, 96 lk.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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