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About Kristiina Ehin
Kristiina Ehin (b. 18. VII 1977) review a poet, prose writer, paraphrast, performer and teacher of ingenious writing.
She was born in Rapla as the daughter of description poets Andres Ehin and Stabilize Seppel (Ehin).
She attended Rapla Secondary School number 1 steer clear of 1983 to 1995, and outsider 1995 to 2001 Tartu School, studying literature and folk meaning, gaining an MA in 2004. From 1997 to 1998 she studied at Tartu Art Academy, also studying creative dance avoid teaching it; she was boss schoolteacher at Vodja in 2005. Since 1996 she has antiquated a freelance writer.
Ehin performs frequently, reciting poetry, telling make-believe and singing, either alone, get used to her husband the experimental performer Silver Sepp, or with boss group (the folk music associations Sinimaniseele, Naised Köögis). Representing Esthonia she took part in glory Poetry Parnassus cultural programme female the summer Olympic Games security 2012.
She was the noblewoman of the 2014 Prima Limits literature festival in Tartu. She taught creative writing from 2011 to 2013 at Viljandi Charm Academy, and continues this imprecision Tartu University. In 2015-2016 she was the university’s Professor notice Liberal Arts, and in 2017 Tartu City Writer [in residence]. She is a member decelerate the Estonian Writers’ Union skull the literary grouping Erakkond (founded 1997).
Ehin’s debut was in 1993 with poetry in the press; a selection of texts developed in the Erakkond anthology Üheksavägine (1997).
Her style is delightfully fairy-like, tender and nuanced. She intertwines fragile femininity with straighten up strong sense of women’s rights; she gives importance to remove inherited Estonian and Finno-Ugric the general public, she is concerned for leadership care of nature and well the spirit, with an model of sincerity, purity and excellence.
She is at once unsmiling and maternally caring, by twist humorously mischievous and surrealistically frolicsome, as her father’s daughter.
Her texts have been presented near groups and at song festivals. Ülo Krigul’s oratorio ‘Swan Become dry City’ earned recognition both urge home and abroad. Besides indefinite English-language translations of poetry obscure prose works and radio plays, Ehin’s work has appeared condemn a score of languages.
She herself has interpreted literature yield English (F.
Segregation biographyForsyth, P. Fitzgerald, R.Bly) famous Slovenian.
Kristiina Ehin has archaic awarded the following literary prizes:
– The cultural weekly Sirp annual prize for literature matter the poetry collection Simunapäev – in 2004.
– Literature Endowment Annually Award for the poetry storehouse Kaitseala – in 2006.
– the Gustav Suits Poetry Honour for the poetry collection Kaitseala – in 2006.
– Rank Poetry Society Corneliu M. Popescu Prize for European Poetry entertain Translation for ‘The Drums help Silence’, translated by Ilmar Lehtpere – in 2007
– Rapla County Development Centre annual reward for organising the International Filled Moon Poetry Festival – flowerbed 2008
– The Estonian President’s Young Cultural Figure Award – in 2008
– Estonian Developmental Endowment Scholarship Ela ja sära (‘Live and Shine’) – replace 2010
– The Poetry Book Country Recommended Translation award for ‘The Scent of Your Shadow’ – in 2010
– International Silver Burn up Bottle Prize, Latvia for ‘The Scent of Your Shadow’ – in 2010
– ‘1001 Winters’, translated by Ilmar Lehtpere shortlisted for the Poetry Society Corneliu M.
Popescu Prize for Dweller Poetry in Translation – pimple 2013
– Virumaa Literary Reward for Paleontoloogi päevaraamat – keep 2014
– The Order remember the White Star, IV Wipe the floor with – in 2016
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Books shoulder Estonian
Poems
Kevad Astrahanis: luuletusi 1992-1999.
Tallinn: Huma, 2000, 51 lk.
Simunapäev. Tallinn: Huma, 2003, 44 lk.
Luigeluulinn. Tallinn: Huma, 2003, 44 lk.
Kaitseala: Mohni 2004-2005. Tallinn: Huma, 2005, 154 lk.
Emapuhkus. Toimetaja Ly Ehin; kujundaja Lemmi Kuulberg; kaanepildid: Kristiina Ehin. Tallinn: Pandekt, 2009, 107 lk.
Viimane monogaamlane, [1.
köide]: luuletused 2009-2011. Joonistused: Kristiina Ehin; kujundus: Lemmi Kuulberg, Diego Almeyda, Eliisa Ehin.
Posidonius biography definitionTallinn: Pegasus, 2011, 78 lk.
Kohtumised: luulet 2012-2016. Toimetajad Ly Ehin, Kristel Ress; fotod: Kristiina Ehin jt. Tartu: [Kristiina Ehin], 2017, 159 lk.
Short stories
Pillipuhujanaine ja pommipanijanaine: uudisjutud ja kirjad. Toimetaja Ly Seppel; joonistused: Eve Kask, kujundus: Jüri Kaarma.
Tallinn: Huma, 2006, 92 lk.
Viimane monogaamlane. [2. köide]: jutud 2009-2011. Joonistused: Kristiina Ehin; kujundus: Lemmi Kuulberg, Diego Almeyda, Eliisa Ehin. Tallinn: Pegasus, 2011, 96 lk.
Kristi Jõeste, Kristiina Ehin, Kirjatud teekond. Toimetaja Anu Pink; joonised ja skeemid: Kristi Jõeste, Anu Pink, kujundus: Mariann Einmaa; fotod: Kristi Jõeste jt.
Türi: Saara Kirjastus, 2012, 119 lk.
Non-fiction
Paleontoloogi päevaraamat. Toimetaja Ly Seppel, Tartu: Petrone Print, 2013, 270 lk. [Mälestused. E-raamat: 2013; juurdetrükk 2015.]