{"id":719,"date":"2024-04-03T23:40:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/krafinna\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T10:35:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:35:38","slug":"krafinna","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/k\/krafinna\/","title":{"rendered":"Krafinna"},"content":{"rendered":"

Krafinna (born Ene Kuus, real name Ene Kallas, born 12 July 1973) is a poet and journalist.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Krafinna was born in Saaremaa Island and acquired education in Kuressaare, Viljandi and Tartu. She has studied multimedia design, theology and librarianship and has worked as a teacher and as a librarian at Tartu Public Library, also as a journalist for the Saaremaa newspapers Oma Saar <\/em>and Meie Maa<\/em>. As of 2026, she works as an editor at Postimees.<\/span><\/span><\/span> She is a member of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union from 2014. Under the name of Ene Kallas, she has edited science fiction and fantasy books.<\/span><\/span><\/span> Her husband is science fiction expert J\u00fcri Kallas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2011, Krafinna published the poetry collection Teki all ja k\u00f6\u00f6gikardinate taga<\/em> (\u2018Under the Blanket and behind the Kitchen Curtains\u2019) between the same covers with Kaarel Kressa<\/a>\u2019s poetry collection Vereurmarohumesi<\/em> (\u2018Swallowwort Honey\u2019). Her poetry collection Tark loom<\/em> (\u2018Wise Animal\u2019) appeared in 2013. The work has been described as \u201ca textbook on being a human being for advanced readers\u201d. Similar to Krafinna\u2019s debut, the author\u2019s characteristic philosophical approach, social sensitivity and linguistic mastery can be felt here.<\/span><\/span><\/span> A selection of her poems was published in the same year in the collection Elavate surnute antoloogia<\/em> (\u2018Anthology of the Living Dead\u2019). <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The poetry collection Kohtu t\u00e4nava vares<\/em> (\u2018Court Street Crow\u2019) followed in 2014.<\/span><\/span><\/span> The focus of the poetry collection is mainly on the atmosphere of Saaremaa and Kuressaare (with a reference to the street in Kuressaare mentioned in the title). The book is full of urban observations, where the symbol is the crow \u2013 a wise, slightly cynical and observant bird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the fourth poetry collection Kasse t\u00e4is linn<\/em> (\u2018City Full of Cats\u2019, 2019), the author\u2019s journeys through the city and states of mind continue. Cats symbolize stubbornness, loneliness and also homeliness. The poems are short, striking and often very visual. The author herself has characterised this collection as playing with form and \u201cromantic, sometimes even erotic\u201d. The texts often depict Tartu but also the author\u2019s home island, Saaremaa. The book\u2019s laconic design is by the author.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Krafinna is able to find deeper philosophical meaning in everyday details (birds, animals, streets). Her poetry is characterized by ironic, powerful and sometimes sharp figurative language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L. P. (Translated by I. A.)<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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

Poetry<\/em><\/strong>
Krafinna, Teki all ja k\u00f6\u00f6gikardinate taga<\/strong>; Kaarel Kressa, Vereurmarohumesi<\/strong>. P\u00e4rnu: Jumalikud Ilmutused, 2011. 38 lk.
Tark loom<\/strong>. Saarde; P\u00e4rnu: Jumalikud Ilmutused, 2013. 99 lk.
Kohtu t\u00e4nava vares<\/strong>: s\u00fcgisest s\u00fcgiseni 2012\u20132013. Saarde; P\u00e4rnu: Jumalikud Ilmutused, 2014. 80 lk.
Kasse t\u00e4is linn<\/strong>. L\u00fcmanda: Gururaamat, 2019. 71 lk<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Krafinna (born Ene Kuus, real name Ene Kallas, born 12 July 1973) is a poet and journalist. Krafinna was born in Saaremaa Island and acquired education in Kuressaare, Viljandi and Tartu. She has studied multimedia design, theology and librarianship and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"parent":498,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-719","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8965,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/719\/revisions\/8965"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}