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Poems<\/span><\/strong><\/a> \"Harald<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harald Suislepp (11 VI 1921 \u2013 21 IX 2000) was an Estonian poet, essayist and journalist.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was born at Kunda as the son of an accountant and attended Eidapere and Kunda-Malla primary schools. During World War II, he served in the Red Army. After the war, he worked as a journalist; from 1952\u20131955, studied at the journalism department of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia, from 1955\u201366 worked for the newspapers S\u00e4de<\/em> and Sirp ja Vasar<\/em>, the magazine Pikker<\/em> and the literary journal Looming<\/em>. From 1951\u20131990, he was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Suislepp was a member of the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union from 1958. From 1966, he was a freelance writer in Tallinn, in summers he lived at Kassari on Hiiumaa Island. He was the husband of the youth writer Silvia Rannamaa<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suislepp made his debut with poems in the press in 1936. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, he participated in the activities of the Tallinn Young Authors Association. His first poetry collection Tedret\u00e4hed<\/em> (\u2018Freckles\u2019) appeared in 1958. His poetry collection Suure Vankri j\u00e4lgedes<\/em> (\u2018Following the Big Dipper\u2019, 1963) received general recognition.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like in many poets of his generation, Suislepp\u2019s poetry altered from the depiction of the atrocities of the war and optimistic dynamism in the direction of greater thoughtfulness and more concise wording. Characteristic features of Suislepp\u2019s creation are a sense of contemporaneity and civic dignity, a snug chuckle that is humorous rather than satirical. He has written lyrical poetry about sentiments and nature, epigrams, long poems, and three plays in verse. With his long poems Aeg tuleb maa ja mere peal\u2026<\/em> (\u2018Time Will Come Upon the Sea and Land\u2019, autobiographical poem, 1968), Parool KKK. Poistepoeem<\/em> (\u2018Password KKK. Boys\u2019 Poem\u2019, 1968) and Perem\u00e4rk ajas, inimeses, maailmas<\/em> (\u2018The Family Sign in Time, People, the World\u2019, 1985) Suislepp made an essential contribution to the Estonian tradition of long poems.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also published numerous humorous pieces and topical satires and, in the 1970s\u20131980s, made speeches and wrote articles on writers\u2019 freedom of creativity. In 1975, Suislepp published a selection of critical articles, Loominguline logiraamat<\/em> (\u2018Creative Logbook\u2019). Towards the end of his life, he described the circumstances of everyday life in newly independent Estonia in humorously satirical verse collections K\u00f6\u00f6gertali kojutulek: lamba- ja ahviaasta p\u00e4evaraamat<\/em> (\u2018K\u00f6\u00f6gertal\u2019s Homecoming: Diary of the Years of Sheep and Monkey\u2019) and Pung ja Pegasus<\/em> (\u2018Bud and Pegasus\u2019, 1998).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Poetry<\/em><\/strong>
Tedret\u00e4hed<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1958. 76 lk.
Suure Vankri j\u00e4lgedes<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1963. 111 lk.
Tuulest, luulest ja tuuleluulest<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1971. 104 lk.
Lingukivist linav\u00e4strikuni<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1976. 92 lk.
Kaksikute t\u00e4htkujus: luulet 1936\u20131976<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1978. 180 lk.
P\u00e4ikesesoe maakivi<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1989. 117 lk.
K\u00f6\u00f6gertali kojutulek: lamba- ja ahviaasta p\u00e4evaraamat<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1994. 79 lk.
Pung ja Pegasus<\/strong>. Tallinn: Kupar, 1998. 82 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long poems<\/em><\/strong>
Aeg tuleb maa ja mere peal\u2026 <\/strong>Poeem. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1968. 79 lk.
Parool KKK<\/strong>. Poiste poeem. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1968. 48 lk.
Perem\u00e4rk ajas, inimeses, maailmas<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1985. 27 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plays in verse<\/em><\/strong>
Kolme Tulbi t\u00e4nav ehk Mu t\u00fctar on Torontos<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1965. 83 lk.
Ja s\u00f5na sai tinaks\u2026<\/strong> Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1969. 104 lk.
Kolme tulbi t\u00e4nava kolm lugu: v\u00e4rssn\u00e4idendid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1981. 224 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prose<\/em><\/strong>
Kellak\u00e4gu: jutustusi ja luuletusi<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1966. 208 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Criticism<\/em><\/strong>
Loominguline logiraamat<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1975. 276 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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