{"id":990,"date":"2024-04-03T23:40:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/laanem\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T01:15:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:15:29","slug":"laanem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/l\/laanem\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiina Laanem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Novels<\/span><\/strong><\/a> \"Tiina<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiina Laanem (real name Tiina Laanem-Murde; born 10 September 1974) is a prose writer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laanem acquired secondary education in Tallinn, studied accountancy at L\u00e4\u00e4ne-Viru College and public administration at Tallinn University of Technology. She has worked at the Estonian Maritime Administration, as a reporter and editor in the press and at Pegasus Publishing House. Laanem is a member of the Estonian Union of Directors and Dramaturges, the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union (from 2020) and the Estonian PEN-Club.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her debut novel V\u00e4ikesed vanamehed<\/i> (\u2018Little Old Men\u2019, 2007), written in an entertaining journalistic style, won the Estonian novel competition in 2006. Concentrating on male characters who have reached the middle age, it weighs human relations against the background of the present-day welfare society. The book, which can be defined as a summer vacation novel, was staged by the Ugala Theatre in 2010 as a summer production. The action of the novel Sidrunid ja siilid<\/i> (\u2018Lemons and Hedgehogs\u2019, 2009) also takes place at present, but the portraits of characters deserve more attention here than the setting. The novel Pildilt kukkujad<\/i> (\u2018Falling from the Picture\u2019, 2016), which won the A. H. Tammsaare literary award, is deeper and more panoramic in time. By describing choices and failures in life, it deals with the story of a family throughout 20th-century events, starting from the 1930s and reaching the present. The eponymous play premiered at the Vanemuine Theatre in 2015. Ties between generations also occupy an essential place in the play N\u00e4htamatu maja<\/i> (\u2018Invisible House\u2019) which premiered at the Endla Theatre in 2012. The play won a special mention at the playwriting competition of the Estonian Theatre Agency in 2011.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laanem has also written several books for children, especially in the 2020s, of which Maailma parim liivaloss (\u2018The World\u2019s Best Sandcastle\u2019, 2024), Liisu laseb jalga (\u2018Liisu Takes a Hike\u2019, 2024) and Seest siiruviiruline (\u2018From the Inside, It\u2019s Truly Vibrant\u2019, 2025) have been awarded the honorary title of Good Children\u2019s Book by the Estonian Children\u2019s Literature Centre.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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


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

Novels<\/b><\/i>
V\u00e4ikesed vanamehed<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti P\u00e4evaleht, 2007, 255 lk.
Sidrunid ja siilid<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti P\u00e4evaleht, 2009, 215 lk.
Pildilt kukkujad<\/strong>. Tallinn: Sidrunid ja Siilid, 2016, 270 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short prose<\/b><\/i>
\u00d5nnelik j\u00e4\u00e4<\/strong>: novellid ja l\u00fchijutud. Tallinn: Pegasus, 2012, 154 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\u00d6ised h\u00e4\u00e4led<\/strong>. Jutukogu. Tallinn: Pegasus, 2021, 176 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children\u2019s books<\/b><\/i>
Mina, Meg ja meie klass<\/strong>. Tallinn: Pegasus, 2019, 133 lk.
Kollase Kassi komando<\/strong>. Tallinn: Pegasus, 2020, 164 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Katariina kaaperdab kooli<\/strong>. Pildid Anni M\u00e4ger. Tallinn: Pegasus, 2022. 146 lk.
Liisu laseb jalga<\/strong>. Pildid joonistanud Sirly Oder. Tallinn: Pegasus, 2024. 152 lk.
Tiina Laanem, Tiiu Kitsik. Maailma parim liivaloss<\/strong>. Tallinn: Pegasus, 2024. 35 lk.
Tiina Laanem, Tiiu Kitsik. Seest siiruviiruline<\/strong>. Tallinn: Pegasus, 2025. 36 lk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Non-fiction<\/b><\/i>
Kihnu Virve: nagu linnukene oksal<\/strong>. Tallinn: Pegasus, 2009, 223 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 2017.]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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