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\n\tHenno K\u00e4o (10. I 1942 \u2013 2. VII 2004) was a book illustrator, musician, children\u2019s author and poet whose literary works have had a considerable influence on the development of Estonian children\u2019s literature.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tK\u00e4o was born in Laimjala parish on Saaremaa, and attended school at Audla, Kahtla and Orissaare. In 1963 he graduated from Tartu Art School as a decorative artist. For a short time he studied graphic art at the State Art Institute of the ESSR (1968-1969); later he supplemented his studies at the Villu Toots school of calligraphy (1975-1978). From 1963 to 1968 he worked at the Tallinnfilm studios as an artist on puppet films, and from 1969 to 1982 as an artist at the Directorate of Recreational Parks of Tallinn. From 1982 he was a freelance artist and writer, a member of the Writers\u2019 Union from 1991.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tK\u00e4o\u2019s literary output is diverse; in the first place he is the author of numerous children\u2019s books, and moreover the illustrator of all his own books. The most voluminous and impressive of his children\u2019s books are fantasy literature, for which the author has been called one of the most consistent and spectacular fantasy creators in Estonian children\u2019s literature.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom a longing for his childhood landscape on Saaremaa arose his first children\u2019s book, Suure Kivi lood<\/em> (\u2018Stories of the Great Stone\u2019, 1985), in which the central object of the stories \u2013 the Great Stone, a peculiar time machine \u2013 symbolises the wealth of children\u2019s games, and a nostalgic world. The Saaremaa of his childhood is also recalled in a book of memories, Kui veel telekat ei olnud<\/em> (\u2018When There Was Still No Telly\u2019, 2001), which creates a truthful and unadorned picture of life in those days.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tA large proportion of his work intended for children is imaginative, humorous and many-layered. His literary images are grounded in reality, but the development of his themes is free, boundless and surprising, intertwined with elements from folklore and fables. In his thrilling and adventurous stories there are various emissaries from the world of ghosts and spirits, but also contemporary vampires and aliens, who are mostly sharp-sighted but benevolent critics of the conditions of life. Real-life subject-matter often finds reflection in absurd or allegorical ways.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tColourful fantastic images are drawn by the children\u2019s story Oli\u00fcks<\/em> (\u2018Onceupon\u2019, 1989), in which Onceupon, a cosmic wanderer from the far side of the Moon, travels in space in a big soup plate and meets many strange beings. The hidden world of fantastic creatures on the far side of the Moon is revealed in the story-book Kaheksajalgade planeet<\/em> (\u2018Planet of the Octopi\u2019, 1999). Gruesome and absurd stories about witches, phantoms, wraiths, poltergeists and many other mythological beings who try to adapt to contemporary urban society are collected in the children\u2019s book Dondijutud<\/em> (\u2018Khost stories\u2019, 1993). In the fairy-tale V\u00e4ike kahvatu kummitus<\/em> (\u2018The Pale Little Ghost\u2019, 1994) K\u00e4o deals with the subject of children\u2019s terrors.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tK\u00e4o creates his own unique myth of the cosmos in the book V\u00e4ike sabat\u00e4ht<\/em> (\u2018The Little Comet\u2019, 1994), in which he tells the story of the birth of one celestial object and its wanderings through space into our solar system, where it thumps onto Earth as the Kaali meteorite (which in reality fell to Kaali in Saaremaa over 3000 years ago, leaving a crater with a diameter of 110m and several smaller ones). At the centre of the comical science-fiction story L\u00e4bi h\u00f5reda kivi<\/em> (\u2018Through the Thin Stone\u2019, 1999) is the motif of the mad scientist and the curious aliens. In the story Viimane minut<\/em> (\u2018The Last Minute\u2019, 2003) a dimension is revealed alongside the ordinary world in which beings midway between people and angels operate, taking care of nature. The historical-fantastic fairy-tale V\u00e4ike r\u00fc\u00fctel Rikardo<\/em> (\u2018Rikardo the Little Knight\u2019, 2004) the action takes place in a modernised Middle Ages, in which a young knight goes on a quest to fight with a dragon.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAn important part in K\u00e4o\u2019s work is played by witty little stories based on word-play and linguistic jokes. In the collections Printsuss<\/em> (\u2018The Serpent Princess\u2019, 2003), Napakad jutud<\/em> (\u2018Silly Stories\u2019, 2003), Ahjukoll ja teisi lugusid<\/em> (\u2018The Oven Bogey and Other Stories\u2019, 2003), the author, by changing just one letter in an Estonian word, creates exciting worlds, interesting connections and neat associations. In the children\u2019s poetry collections Hinge korter<\/em> (\u2018Soul\u2019s Apartment\u2019, 2001) and T\u00e4hed ja taburet<\/em> (\u2018Stars and Stool\u2019, 2004) express the author\u2019s gentler and more lyrical side, which has inspired many song-writers.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tK\u00e4o\u2019s books have repeatedly won children\u2019s literature competitions and earned several awards for children\u2019s literature. His book Kusagil mujal<\/em> (\u2018Somewhere Else\u2019, 2000) was given as a present to every Estonian first-grade pupil in Estonian Book Year of 2000-2001. K\u00e4o\u2019s books are popular as library loans and on lists of recommended books for schools.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAs an artist, K\u00e4o is known chiefly as a book illustrator, but he also created pastel and water-colour paintings, designed ex-libris inscriptions and drew caricatures. As a musician he was one of the founders of the folk-rock group Peoleo (active 1965-1973), their singer, guitarist and author of many of their lyrics.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tChildren\u2019s stories<\/em><\/strong>
Suure Kivi lood<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1985, 48 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: Argo, 2017, 54 lk.]
Kui mind \u00fcldse olemas ei oleks<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1986, 47 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: Avita, 1999, 55 lk.]
Oli\u00fcks<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1989, 78 lk.
Dondijutud<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tiritamm, 1993, 126 lk.
Kuningas, kuninga kass ja teised<\/strong>. Tallinn: Kupar, 1993, 105 lk.
Vares Villemi j\u00f5ulud<\/strong>. Tallinn: Koolibri, 1993, 16 lk.
Vares Villemi reis maailma l\u00f5ppu<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tiritamm, 1993, 31 lk.
V\u00e4ike kahvatu kummitus<\/strong>. Tallinn: Egmont Estonia, 1994, 32 lk.
V\u00e4ike Sabat\u00e4ht<\/strong>. Tallinn: Egmont Estonia, 1994, 16 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: Argo, 2017, 16 lk.]
Lumer\u00f6\u00f6kija ehk \u00dcheksa ametit<\/strong>. Tallinn: Olion, 1995, 16 lk.
Noorpagana lood<\/strong>. Tallinn: Koolibri, 1995, 30 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: TEA Kirjastus, 2010, 34 lk.]
Olematu saar?<\/strong>. Tallinn: H.\u00a0K\u00e4o, 1997, 83 lk.
L\u00e4bi h\u00f5reda kivi<\/strong>. Tallinn: Faatum, 1999, 133 lk.
Kaheksajalgade planeet<\/strong>. Tallinn: Koolibri, 1999, 39 lk.
Oli\u00fcks \u00e4rihaide hambus<\/strong>. Tallinn: Hotger, 1999, 83 lk.
Kusagil mujal<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tiritamm, 2000, 56 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: TEA Kirjastus, 2012, 50 lk.]
Printsuss<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tiritamm, 2000, 125 lk.
Kui veel telekat ei olnud<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilo, 2001, 139 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: Argo, 2017, 111 lk.]
Maailma loomine ja teisi lugusid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilo, 2001, 94 lk.
Maailma ots ja teisi lugusid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilo, 2002, 95 lk.
Ahjukoll ja teisi lugusid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilo, 2003, 94 lk.
Napakad jutud: postp\u00f5dernistlik raamat<\/strong>. Tallinn: Ilo, 2003, 95 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2013, 95 lk.]
Viimane minut<\/strong>. Tallinn: Faatum, 2003, 160 lk.
V\u00e4ike r\u00fc\u00fctel Rikardo<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2004, 137 lk.
Siil Sagriku seiklused<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2005, 94 lk.
T\u00e4hestikulinn<\/strong>. Tallinn: Faatum, 2005, 54 lk.
Mina, emme ja teised<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2008, 125 lk.
V\u00e4ike kahvatu kummitus ja teised lood<\/strong>. Tallinn: TEA Kirjastus, 2008, 37 lk. [Valikkogu.]
Inimese pesa<\/strong>. Tallinn: TEA Kirjastus, 2009, 37 lk. [Valikkogu.]
Kosmiline teekond \u2013 k\u00f5ige suurem seiklus. Urantia raamatu ainetel<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Urantia Assotsiatsioon, 2015, 36 lk. [E-raamat: 2017.]<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tChildren\u2019s poetry<\/em><\/strong>
Hinge korter<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tiritamm, 2001, 47 lk.
T\u00e4hed ja taburet<\/strong>. Tallinn: Faatum, 2004, 80 lk.
R\u00f6\u00f6vlilaev<\/strong>. Tallinn: TEA Kirjastus, 2007, 43 lk. [Valikkogu.]
Ajamasin<\/strong>. Tallinn: TEA Kirjastus, 2009, 43 lk.<\/span><\/span> [Valikkogu.]<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSong lyrics<\/em><\/strong>
Kui \u00f5ige laulaks?. Kupleetekste 1988\u20131991<\/strong>. Tallinn, 1991, 31 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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