The Dedalus Book of Estonian Literature (Dedalus European Anthologies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903517958 ISBN 13: 9781903517956

Publisher: Dedalus Limited, 2011

Synopsis

The Dedalus Book of Estonian Literature offers a wide-ranging selection of fiction from the end of the nineteenth century until the present day, including work by Estonia's classic and most important contemporary authors. This is the most important selection of Estonian fiction to have appeared in English and will be essential reading for anyone wanting to gain an idea of Estonian Literature and for the many American visitors to Estonia.

Estonia is one of the smallest and least populated countries in the European Union. It has a population of about 1.4 million. For most of its history it has been part of its larger neighbours, Sweden and Russia. It regained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.It is really in the nineteenth- century that Estonian Literature develops and a prose tradition established. This anthology features work by significant authors in this period such as Eduard Vilde and Juhan Liiv and extends to the modern day with contributions from leading contemporary authors such as Peeter Sauter and Eeva Park. Estonia's most famous and widely-translated author is Jaan Kross, who should have become the first Estonian author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. He is represented in the anthology by Uncle (1990).

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About the Author

Jan Kaus was born in Estonia in 1971. He is a novelist, essayist, scriptwriter, critic, poet and translator from Finnish into Estonian. He has published eight books, including the novels The World and a Few (2001), You (2006), A Moment (2009), which have been translated into six languages. He has been the chairman of the Estonian Writers' Union (2004-2007) and is currently the literary editor of the cultural weekly Sirp.

Eric Dickens (born 1953) is a literary translator who takes an interest in the literature some of the smaller countries of Europe. These include that of the Estonians, the Finland-Swedes, the speakers of Nynorsk in Norway, and the Flemings. Eric is from an Anglo-Dutch family. He grew up in England and went to the University of East Anglia, where he studied Swedish and European Literature. He is now lives in Sweden.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dedalus Limited
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1903517958
• ISBN 13: 9781903517956
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Kaus Jan