{"id":880,"date":"2024-04-03T23:40:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/kodar\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:08:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:08:51","slug":"kodar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/k\/kodar\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaak K\u00f5dar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jaak K\u00f5dar (7. VII 1940 \u2013 22. III 2023) was a poet and playwright. Having studied technology, he felt a need to engage with the verbal arts. He became known as a writer in his senior years. He also earned recognition as a children\u2019s writer.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tJaak K\u00f5dar was born in Viljandi. His father fled from Estonia to Sweden during the Second World War. His remaining family set off from Mulgimaa to the coast of L\u00e4\u00e4nemaa in the last days of the German occupation, awaiting the opportunity to rejoin their father, which did not come. K\u00f5dar spent his first four years at Nava farm, which belonged to his grandparents, in the village of Lilli in Mulgimaa, close to the Latvian border. Only after Estonia regained its independence did he have the opportunity to buy back the family farm. After acquiring a basic education, K\u00f5dar went to study at the Tallinn School of Mines. His choice was based on the availability of a favourable stipend, and the fact that the Tallinn School of Mines was an All-Union school, where the students\u2019 family background was not considered important.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile living in Kivi\u00f5li, Jaak K\u00f5dar began studying at the Tallinn University of Technology and trained to be a mechanical engineer. K\u00f5dar\u2019s career choices were mainly driven by economic considerations.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tFor two years he edited the newspaper of the Tallinn University of Technology. After graduating he worked in a factory as a senior foreman, and soon he was invited to work for Estonian Television as a correspondent. K\u00f5dar also worked in Tallinn at the co-operative scientific enterprise Desintegraator, which was economically very successful. The management of Desintegraator was reported to the KGB for insubordination, accused of corruption. K\u00f5dar spent the years 1984 to 1987 in Rummu and Murru prisons. Being in prison triggered his literary gifts. At the end of his term he was rehabilitated. K\u00f5dar met his father, who had moved to Sweden, only in middle age. K\u00f5dar has said that if he had been able to acquire an education in free conditions, he would have studied philosophy.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tJaak K\u00f5dar wrote poems in both standard Estonian and Mulgi dialect. He published three collections of poetry and eight children\u2019s books. He also published a memoir of his father, Kaks elu<\/em> (\u2018Two Lives\u2019).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tK\u00f5dar\u2019s plays have been performed since 2006 in the open-air space at Nava farm, which belonged to K\u00f5dar. The subjects of his plays are connected with ancient farming families, his own home region and local history, the characters being people from real life. Examples of such plays are Kolm risti<\/em> (\u2018Three Crosses\u2019), Muinassaar<\/em> (\u2018Fairytale Island\u2019), Jukra<\/em> and K\u00f5ik l\u00e4heb m\u00f6\u00f6da<\/em> (\u2018Everything passes\u2019).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2017 Jaak K\u00f5dar was awarded the title \u2018Pride of Mulgimaa\u2019.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tL. P. (Translated by C. M.)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

\n\tPoems<\/em><\/strong>
Vaikuse v\u00e4rvid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2005, 47 lk.
Taevased tuuled<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2007, 81 lk.
Poolel teel m\u00f5ttetusse<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2009, 95 lk.
Madallend \u00fcle maakera<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2010, 80 lk.
Linnutee l\u00f5pus on karjatee algus<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2011, 74 lk.
\u00dctlemata \u00fctlused. 1980-1990<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2011, 46 lk. [Aforismid.]
Homme on minevik<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2012, 77 lk.
Armas maakera<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2013, 77 lk.
T\u00e4na ma ei luuletanud<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2014, 78 lk.
Ma ellerheina heinamaal j\u00e4\u00e4n igavesti leinama<\/strong>. Koostanud Andrus Simsel. Tallinn: Steamark, 2017, 78 lk.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPoems for children<\/em><\/strong>
V\u00e4iksed naerumasinad<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2005, 46 lk.
Mede ilves<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark; Mulgi Kultuuri Instituut, 2007, 16 lk.
Aeg veereb aastaiks<\/strong>. Lapse kalendrisalmik. Tallinn: Steamark, 2010, 30 lk.
Kirev kompass = Kirevene kompass<\/strong>. Mulgi keel: Alli Laande. Tallinn: Steamark; Abja-Paluoja: Mulgi Kultuuri Instituut, 2013, 17 lk.
V\u00e4iksed naerusasijad<\/strong>. Salme kogu perele. Tallinn: Steamark, 2014, 79 lk.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tStories for children<\/em><\/strong>
Kriimureinulised lood. 1.\u00a0Valitud vembud ja karistatud tembud<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2006, 32 lk.
Kriimureinulised lood. II. V\u00f5itlus Isahanega<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2006, 31 lk.
Kriimureinulised lood. III. Argonaudid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2007, 62 lk.
Kriimureinulised reisid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2008, 87 lk.
Rebaseraamat<\/strong>. Isa jutud Martinile. Tallinn: Steamark, 2008, 78 lk.
Kriimureinulised vembud. Esimene raamat<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2009, 79 lk.
Kriimu ja Reinu viimased vembud<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2010, 103 lk.
Kriimu-Reinu l\u00f5puraamat, ehk, Tont kont lont<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2010, 28 lk.
J\u00e4\u00e4, lume ja j\u00e4\u00e4tise raamat<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2011, 29 lk.
Pupsik. Laste m\u00f5tlemise ja male raamat<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2015, 79 lk.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPlays<\/em><\/strong>
Kolm risti<\/strong>. Talun\u00e4item\u00e4ng kolmes vaatuses. Tallinn: Steamark, 2006, 31 lk.
Muinassaar<\/strong>. Talun\u00e4item\u00e4ng kolmes vaatuses proloogi ja epiloogiga. Tallinn: Steamark, 2007, 48 lk.
Jukra<\/strong>. Talun\u00e4item\u00e4ng kolmes vaatuses proloogiga. Tallinn: Steamark, 2008, 61 lk.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNon-fiction<\/em><\/strong>
Nava Lava. T\u00e4nuraamat<\/strong>. Tallinn: Steamark, 2019, 127 lk.<\/span><\/span>
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