{"id":831,"date":"2024-04-03T23:40:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/riismaa\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:08:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:08:58","slug":"riismaa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/r\/riismaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaur Riismaa"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPoems<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tKaur Riismaa (born 24 March 1986) is a poet, prose writer and playwright.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tRiismaa was born in Tartu. He studied semiotics, theology and classical languages at the University of Tartu, dramaturgy at the Theatre Department of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and history at Tallinn University. He is a member of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union from 2013.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe first began to publish literary texts in the portals Kloaak<\/em> and Poogen<\/em>. In print, his first poem was published in the newspaper Eesti Kirik<\/em> in 2006. His first collection Me hommikud, me p\u00e4evad, \u00f5htud, \u00f6\u00f6d<\/em> (\u2018Our Mornings, Our Days, Evenings, Nights\u2019, 2011) attracted attention with its characteristic maturity and was voted the best debut collection of the year by the critics of the literary journal Vikerkaar<\/em>. He stood out as a lively narrator of stories and creator of characters who draws his subject matter from Estonian history. Critics have drawn parallels with the creation of the poet and prose writer <\/span><\/span><\/span>Mats Traat<\/a><\/span><\/span>. The narrative origin is also distinctive of his other poetry collections, for example, Teekond p\u00e4eva l\u00f5ppu<\/em>\u00a0 (\u2018Journey to the End of the Day\u2019, 2014), which received the Literature Endowment Annual Award, and Merimetsa<\/em> (2014). A characteristic feature of his verses is playing with roles and viewpoints, lively creation of characters, e.g., in the collection Metamorfoosid<\/em> (\u2018Metamorphoses\u2019, 2013). An essential place in his poetry belongs to temporal journeys on the landscapes of human life, entwinement of memory, topical and everyday themes with the eternal.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe empathy and sensitivity characteristic of his poetry are also recognisable in his prose, for example, in the debut novel P\u00fcham\u00e4gi<\/em> (\u2018Sacred Mountain\u2019, 2015), which has been described as a long poem in prose. Riismaa blurs the border between poetry and prose; here, too, he tells stories about different characters in time. Pimeda mehe aiad<\/em> (\u2018The Blind Man\u2019s Gardens\u2019), which appeared in the same year and won the novel competition of T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev publishers, moves in time and space, depicting the protagonist at different stages of his life. Time- and storylines are also entwined in the novels which belong notionally together \u2013 V\u00e4ike Ferdinand<\/em> (\u2018Little Ferdinand\u2019, 2019, nominee for the European Union Prize for Literature) and Jaanalind, k\u00e4gu, kajakas<\/em> (\u2018Ostrich, Cuckoo, Seagull\u2019, 2021) move through centuries on the trails of history and philosophy, dealing with several core issues of European culture and science. Richly multi-layered and multilingual is also the novel Lumi Liivimaal<\/em> (\u2018Snow in Livonia\u2019, 2022), which, like the previous ones, entwines fictional and real persons, presenting a whole constellation of celebrities of science and culture. The novel, inspired by the theory of relativity, provides enjoyable blendings of time, space and texts, stating, inter alia, that as time and space depend on the viewer, there cannot be any objective history or truth. Despite rich layers of history and culture and allusions, Riismaa\u2019s texts are reader-friendly, providing different approaches and offering different models for reading.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAn essential place in Riismaa\u2019s creation belongs to theatre in which he has been engaged since his school years. He has been active at Tartu Student Theatre and Drakadeemia, which concentrates on theatrical creative writing. His play Tulvavesi vaatama<\/em> (\u2018Looking at Flood Waters\u2019) won a special mention at the playwriting competition of the Estonian Theatre Agency in 2009. Riismaa has compiled and staged several poetry programmes and other productions and been a dramaturge.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2015, he received the Estonian Cultural Endowment Scholarship Ela ja s\u00e4ra (\u2018Live and Shine\u2019) and the writer\u2019s salary in 2021\u20132023.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tNovels<\/em><\/strong>
Pimeda mehe aiad<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2015, 222 lk
P\u00fcham\u00e4gi<\/strong>. Luige: Verb, 2015, 109 lk
V\u00e4ike Ferdinand<\/strong>. Tallinn: Vihmakass ja Kakerdaja, 2019, 318 lk
Jaanalind, k\u00e4gu, kajakas<\/strong>. Tallinn: Vihmakass ja Kakerdaja, 2020, 508 lk
Lumi Liivimaal<\/strong>. Tallinn: Vihmakass ja Kakerdaja, 2022, 300 lk<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPoetry collections<\/em><\/strong>
Me hommikud, me p\u00e4evad, \u00f5htud, \u00f6\u00f6d<\/strong>. Saarde, P\u00e4rnu: Jumalikud Ilmutused, 2011, 196 lk
Rebase matmine<\/strong>. Tallinn: N\u00e4o Kirik, 2012, 111 lk
Majus ja majutult: naeru ja yksilduse raamat<\/strong>. Luige: Verb, 2013, 111 lk
Metamorfoosid<\/strong>. Saarde, P\u00e4rnu: Jumalikud Ilmutused, 2013, 110 lk
Merimetsa<\/strong>. Saarde, P\u00e4rnu: Jumalikud Ilmutused, 2014, 80 lk
Teekond p\u00e4eva l\u00f5ppu<\/strong>. Tallinn: N\u00e4o Kirik, 2014, 63 lk
Soek\u00fclm<\/strong>. Luige: Verb, 2016, 85 lk
Kogemata<\/strong>. Tallinn: Vihmakass ja Kakerdaja, 2018, 51 lk
Aknad avanevad taevasse<\/strong>. Tallinn: Vihmakass ja Kakerdaja, 2022, 64 lk<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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