{"id":643,"date":"2024-04-03T23:40:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/rumor\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:09:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:09:27","slug":"rumor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/r\/rumor\/","title":{"rendered":"Karl Rumor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tShort stories<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\"\"<\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAbout Karl Rumor<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\n<\/p>\n

Karl Rumor (born Karl Ast, he also used the names Karl Ast-Rumor or Karl Rumor-Ast, 19.\/7. II 1886 \u2013 9. VII 1971) was an Estonian social democratic politician and fiction writer, who is mostly known for his novel Krutsifiks<\/em> (\u2018Crucifix\u2019).<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tRumor was born at P\u00e4evakeste farm, Orava parish, V\u00f5ru county. He studied at Kahkva village school, followed by Vastseliina manor school and Petseri primary school. From 1901-1905, he attended Treffner Gymnasium in Tartu, which he did not graduate. With his older brother Gottlieb Jaan Ast (later the mayor of Tallinn) he actively participated in the 1905 revolution. In 1906, he fled to Berlin and Bern but secretly returned a few months later and continued his revolutionary operations. In 1907, he was jailed and released three years later in 1910. From 1911-1912, he travelled in the Mediterranean countries and North Africa; from 1913, he worked as a journalist and from 1915-1917, as a military official in the czarist army. In 1917, he became a member of The Estonian Provincial Assembly and was an advocate of Estonian autonomy. In the same year, he co-founded the Estonian Social Democratic Party. He was a member of the Estonian Constituent Assembly and sat in the Parliament several times. He was a member of the government in 1919 and from 1924-1925. In 1930s, he travelled, lived, worked and conducted business abroad. From 1941-1959, he was the Estonian consul in Rio de Janeiro. In 1959, he retired and migrated to Canada. In 1961, he relocated in New York, where he passed away. His ashes were scattered at Hudson Bay.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tKarl Rumor became known for his first short story collection S\u00e4\u00e4sed tormis<\/em> (\u2018Mosquitoes in the Storm\u2019, 1911), which he wrote in prison. The symbolist story Lumiste k\u00f5rguste poole<\/em> (\u2018Towards Snowy Heights\u2019, 1913) followed. From 1919-1929, he published five story collections \u2013 Tuled s\u00fcgis-\u00f6\u00f6s<\/em> (\u2018Lights in an Autumn Night\u2019), Siiruviiruline<\/em> (\u2018Assorted Prose\u2019), M\u00fcrgine vili<\/em> (\u2018Poisonous Fruit\u2019), Sammud kaduvikku<\/em> (\u2018Steps into the Evanescence\u2019) and Kui Saara naerab<\/em> (\u2018When Saara Laughs\u2019) \u2013 and the symbolist play Valge naine<\/em> (\u2018The White Woman\u2019). In these early works, the main features of Rumor\u2019s writing developed, which were also expressed in his later works and his novel \u2018Crucifix\u2019 \u2013 the characters of his stories are rather guided by dark urges and destructive and sexual desires than the rational mind. Rumor also considers it important how the masses allow themselves to be manipulated over and over again \u2013 thereby getting hurt\u2013 and how the charismatic leader wishes to manipulate, although they are also most likely controlled by subliminal forces.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter 1929, Rumor went on a creative break. He continued writing travelogues but only returned to fiction as late as 1953 when his next story collection Uned ja mured<\/em> (\u2018Dreams and Worries\u2019) was published. The novel \u2018Crucifix\u2019 was born after years of work in 1960. It was too jarring for the majority of Estonian expatriates and due to its thematic strangeness, has remained in the periphery of Estonian literature to this day, yet the novel has turned out to be one of the most accomplished works of Estonian expatriate literature. The novel depicts religious fanaticism and mass psychosis and presents a fictional account of the real-life conflict in Brazil, the so-called War of Canudos (1895-1898) during which there was a bloody and casualty-heavy clash between the Brazilian armed forces and the members of a religious movement, who had followed their spiritual leader. The historical subject-matter is largely based on the voluminous documentary novel Os Sert\u00f5es<\/em> (1902, translated into English as \u2018Rebellion in the Backlands\u2019) by the Brazilian engineer, journalist and sociologist Euclides da Cunha.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tKarl Rumor\u2019s last fictional work is the short prose collection Liivakella all<\/em> (\u2018Under the Hourglass\u2019, 1971). While Rumor had throughout his life expressed atheist views, then his later works show some influence of Buddhism.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tUnder Karl Rumor-Ast (or Ast-Rumor), the travel books Palava p\u00e4ikese ja fanaatilise usu maal: reisukirjad Tseilonist ja Indiast<\/em> (\u2018In the Land of Hot Sun and Fanatic Religion: Travelogues from Ceylon and India\u2019, three volumes, 1930-1931) and Allah ja ta rahvas<\/em> (\u2018Allah and His People\u2019, of North Africa, 1936) were published. The memoir Aegade sadestus<\/em> (\u2018The Deposits of Time\u2019) was planned in three volumes but remained unfinished with only the first two volumes published in Sweden from 1963-1965. The first volume Noorusmaa<\/em> (\u2018Land of Youth\u2019) describes the author\u2019s childhood and school days in V\u00f5ru and Seto county, the second part Punane ja must<\/em> (\u2018Red and Black\u2019), depicts life in Tartu at the turn of the century and the author\u2019s first-hand experience of the revolution and his exile in Switzerland. The unfinished third volume was for the first time published in 2004 along with the first two books.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tS. V. (Translated by A. S.)<\/span><\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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

\n\tNovels<\/em><\/strong>
Krutsifiks<\/strong>: jutustus inimhingede p\u00f5uast ja p\u00f5lemisest. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1960, 376 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1989, 349 lk.]<\/span><\/p>\n

Stories<\/em><\/strong>
S\u00e4\u00e4sed tormis<\/strong>: Nowellid. Tallinn: Maa, 1911, 120 lk. [Sisu: \u2018Fata Morgana\u2019, \u2018Ait\u00e4h Jeesukesele!\u2019, \u2018V\u00f5\u00f5rsil\u2019, \u2018Surm\u2019, \u2018\u00dcks p\u00fchade-\u00f6\u00f6\u2019, \u2018Fiasco\u2019, \u2018\u00d5de\u2019, \u2018Osata\u2019, \u2018Et aga teaks\u2019. 2. tr\u00fckk: Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1923, 109 lk, sisaldab lisaks eelmistele veel novelli \u2018Lihav\u00f5tte \u00f6\u00f6l\u2019.]
Lumiste k\u00f5rguste poole<\/strong>. Tallinn: Maa, 1913, 117 lk.
Tuled s\u00fcgis-\u00f6\u00f6s<\/strong>. Tartu: Odamees, 1919, 140 lk. [Sisu: \u2018Tuled s\u00fcgis\u00f6\u00f6s\u2019, \u2018P\u00f5levad laevad\u2019, \u2018Virmalised\u2019. Esmatr\u00fckk?: Tallinn: Teadus, 1913.]
Siiruviiruline<\/strong>: novellid ja vested. Tallinn: Varrak, 1921, 78 lk. [Sisu: \u2018Looduse asi\u2019, \u2018Utopida \u00f5nnetus\u2019, \u2018\u00d5udne leid\u2019, \u2018Hans Nurme\u00e4\u00e4re j\u00f5ulud\u2019, \u2018Vagunis\u2019, \u2018\u00dcts per\u00e4t\u00fc antsak jahihk\u00e4\u00fcmine\u2019, \u2018Ideaalid ja Lieschen\u2019, \u2018Oma ette\u2019, \u2018Pimedus\u2019, \u2018Kandidaatide kevade\u2019, \u2018N\u00e4itsik\u2019, \u2018Viirastused\u2019, \u2018Armastuse p\u00e4rast\u2019, \u2018Nelja silma all\u2019.]
M\u00fcrgine wili<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00f6\u00f6liste Kirjastuse \u00dchisus, 1926, 114 lk. [Sisu: \u2018P\u00f5geneja\u2019, \u2018Lumises tundras\u2019, \u2018\u00dcrg\u00f6\u00f6\u2019, \u2018Kajak\u2019, \u2018T\u00f5nis Tulver\u2019, \u2018Ummikpimedus\u2019, \u2018Verit\u00e4hised\u2019.]
Sammud kaduvikku<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1928, 222 lk. [Sisu: \u2018Kuldlind\u2019, \u2018Peeglite vahel\u2019, \u2018Terra incognita\u2019.]
Kui Saara naerab<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1929, 227 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: P\u00e4rnu: Ji, 2008, 215 lk. Sisu: \u2018Teelahkmel\u2019, \u2018Koolmeister Sangvars\u2019, \u2018Jutt tollest, kes argip\u00e4eva riietuse all kannab klouni \u00fclikonda\u2019, \u2018Pankrott\u2019, \u2018Perpetuum mobile\u2019, \u2018P\u00fcksid\u2019.]
Uned ja mured<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1953, 262 lk. [Sisu: \u2018Kerberos\u2019, \u2018Ralf Riskin\u2019, \u2018Vangikoja sise\u00f5ues\u2019, \u2018Sfinks\u2019, \u2018Janis Bulle\u2019, \u2018Uned unetuses\u2019.]
Kuldlind<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1959, 318 lk. [Sisu: \u2018Kuldlind\u2019, \u2018Peeglite vahel\u2019, \u2018Terra incognita\u2019, \u2018\u00dcrg\u00f6\u00f6\u2019, \u2018Ummikpimedus\u2019, \u2018Verit\u00e4hised\u2019, \u2018Virmalised\u2019.]
Tuuleviiul<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1962, 299 lk.
Liivakella all<\/strong>: miniatuurid. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1971, 64 lk. [Sisu: \u2018Poeet r\u00e4ndas\u2019, POOLES VARDAS: \u2018Adagio\u2019, \u2018Igatsus\u2019, \u2018Hilineja\u2019, \u2018Koolibri\u2019, \u2018Illusioon\u2019, \u2018Scherzo\u2019, \u2018N\u00e4kineiu\u2019, \u2018Mustlanna\u2019, \u2018Ootel\u2019, \u2018\u00dcksindus\u2019, \u2018Henrik Visnapuule m\u00f5eldes\u2019, \u2018Millal?\u2019, \u2018Mesilane\u2019, FOORUM: \u2018Kaaren\u2019, \u2018Nimetu\u2019, \u2018Panteon\u2019, \u2018Tobe lugu\u2019, \u2018Jaapanlikku\u2019, \u2018Robaiyat\u2019, \u2018Buddha\u2019, \u2018Anathema\u2019, EILE-T\u00c4NA-HOMME: \u2018Ecce homo\u2019, \u2018Vaakum\u2019, \u2018Tundmatu\u2019, \u2018Tornid\u2019, \u2018Liivaliitene\u2019, \u2018Karavan\u2019, \u2018Pommid\u2019, CUMULUS NIMBUS: \u2018R\u00fcndajad\u2019, \u2018Triumf\u2019, \u2018T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev\u2019, \u2018Finita\u2019, \u2018Neetud\u2019, \u2018Mustad luiged\u2019, \u2018Muumiate laevad\u2019, \u2018Ratsanik ja hobune\u2019, \u2018Vanitas\u2019.]
Peeglite vahel<\/strong>. Koostanud ja j\u00e4rels\u00f5na: \u00dclo Tonts. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1991, 362 lk. [Sari \u2018Eesti novellivara\u2019.]
P\u00f5levad laevad<\/strong>. Jutustus. J\u00e4rels\u00f5na: Maire Liivamets. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1995, 158 lk.<\/p>\n

Plays<\/em><\/strong>
Valge naine<\/strong>. Romantiline draama kolmes vaatuses. Tartu: Eesti Kirjanikkude Liit, 1928, 84 lk.<\/p>\n

Non-fiction<\/em><\/strong>
A. Rei, K. Ast, Mis peab rahwas Asutawalt Kogult n\u00f5udma?<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Sotsialdemokraatlise T\u00f6\u00f6liste Partei Keskkomitee, 1919, 16 lk.
Suurim nurjatus t\u00f6\u00f6lisliikumise alal Eestis: P\u00f5llumeestekogude ja kommunistide \u00fchine t\u00e4i sotsialistide kaela. Maaliit, kaitsepolitsei ja kommunistid uut t\u00f6\u00f6liste parteid loomas<\/strong>. Karl Ast\u2019i k\u00f5ne riigikogus 6. juulil 1926. a. Tallinn: \u00dchendus, 1926, 32 lk.
Tolliliialdus weskikiwiks rahwa kaelas: h\u00e4daohtlik elukalliduse t\u00f5stmine ja hukkam\u00f5istetaw pearaha wabrikantidele tarwitajate kulul<\/strong>. K. Ast\u2019i tolliwastane k\u00f5ne, peetud riigikogus 9. oktoobril 1929. a. Tallinn: Rahva S\u00f5na, 1929, 51 lk.
Karl Rumor-Ast, Palava p\u00e4ikese ja fanaatilise usu maal: reisukirjad Tseilonist ja Indiast<\/strong>. Tartu: Loodus, 1930-1931, 350 lk (3 osa).
K. Ast, Landesvehri plaanid Eesti vallutamiseks: kuidas Hitleri k\u00e4silased tasandavad teed parunite piitsavalitsusele<\/strong>. Tallinn: [s.n.], 1933, 23 lk.
K. Ast-Rumor, Allah ja ta rahwas: t\u00e4helepanekuid ja elamusi Marokos<\/strong>. Tallinn: Uus Eesti, 1936, 227 lk.
Karl Ast Rumor, Kahe tule vahel: peat\u00fckke eesti rahva iseseisvuse v\u00f5itlusest sakslaste ja venelaste vallutamise p\u00fc\u00fcete vastu<\/strong>. New York: \u00dcleilmline Eesti \u00dching, 1943, 230 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tartu: Tartumaa, 1999, 135 lk.]
Karl Ast Rumor, Aegade sadestus: olusid, iseloomustusi, hinnanguid. I, Noorusmaa<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1963, 311 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Aegade sadestus: I-III, Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2004, 573 lk; 3. tr\u00fckk: Aegade sadestus: I-III, Tallinn: Eesti P\u00e4evaleht, 2010, 511 lk.]
Karl Ast Rumor, Aegade sadestus: olusid, iseloomustusi, hinnanguid. II, Punane ja must<\/strong>. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1965, 318 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Aegade sadestus: I-III, Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2004, 573 lk; 3. tr\u00fckk: Aegade sadestus: I-III, Tallinn: Eesti P\u00e4evaleht, 2010, 511 lk.]
Karl Ast Rumor, Aegade sadestus: olusid, iseloomustusi, hinnanguid. I-III<\/strong>. Toimetanud Hille Lagerspetz; II osa eess\u00f5na: Raimond Kolk; j\u00e4rels\u00f5na: \u00dclo Tonts. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 2004, 573 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: Eesti P\u00e4evaleht, 2010, 511 lk.]
Karl Ast Rumor, Maailma l\u00f5pus<\/strong>. Koostaja Hando Runnel. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2007, 431 lk. [Sari \u2018Eesti m\u00f5ttelugu\u2019, 74.]
Karl Ast Rumor, L\u00e4\u00e4s \u2013 Ida \u2013 L\u00e4\u00e4s. Maailma l\u00f5pus. II<\/strong>. Koostaja: Hando Runnel. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2008, 383 lk. [Sari \u2018Eesti m\u00f5ttelugu\u2019, 81.]
Karl Ast Rumor, Tule ja p\u00e4ikese all. Maailma l\u00f5pus. III<\/strong>. Koostaja Hando Runnel. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2009, 303 lk. [Sari \u2018Eesti m\u00f5ttelugu\u2019, 88.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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