Estonian science fiction
Appearance
Science fiction and fantasy inEstoniais largely a product of the current post-Soviet era. Although somewhat earlier authors, like Eiv Eloon andTiit Tarlap ,do exist.[1]
Eesti Ulmeühingis an organization for print science fiction in Estonia that awards annual Stalker prizes.[2]The awards are named after theAndrei TarkovskyfilmStalkerthat was largely shot in Estonia.
In film the works of Raul Tammet have been analyzed.[3]
In the 1980s notable were two novels by Eiv Eloon (real name Lea Soo; born 1945[4]): "Kaksikliik" ('Double Species'; 1981) and "Kaksikliik 2" ('Double Species 2'; 1988). These two novels were only works by Eloon.[5]
A selection of Estonian writers who have won multiple Stalkers
[edit]- Veiko Belials
- Lew R. Berg
- Meelis Friedenthal
- Indrek Hargla- Pen-name for Indrek Sootak, he also writesdetective fictionthat has been translated to English.[6]
- Leo Kunnas
- Tiit Tarlap
- Siim Veskimees
The novelThe Man Who Spoke SnakishbyAndrus Kivirähkwas awarded the Stalker award in 2008.[7]
References
[edit]- ^Sulbi, Raul."Estonian science-fiction".Estonian Literary Magazine.
- ^"Estonian Science Fiction Association's page on Stalker awards".Retrieved2019-10-02.
- ^Näripea, Eva (2010). "Aliens and time travellers: Recycling national space in Estonian science-fiction cinema".Studies in Eastern European Cinema.1(2): 167–182.doi:10.1386/seec.1.2.167_1.S2CID194103402.
- ^"Eesti biograafiline andmebaas ISIK".www2.kirmus.ee.Retrieved1 March2022.
- ^Sulbi, Raul."Estonian science-fiction".elm.einst.ee.Archived fromthe originalon 2010-09-11.
- ^"Peter Owen Publishers".Archived fromthe originalon 2015-11-18.Retrieved2015-10-24.
- ^Stalker Award for Science Fiction 2008.Estonian Literature Centre.
Further reading
[edit]- Andrus Org.Eesti ulmekirjanduse žanrid ja nende poeetika.(The Genre System of Estonian Fantastic Fiction and its Poetics, PhD thesis). Tartu: University of Tartu Press, 2017. (Dissertationes litterarum et contemplationis comparativae Universitatis Tartuensis 16.)
- Andrus Org. The Dimensions of the Contemporary Science Fiction Novel on the Basis of Examples from Estonian Literature. –Interlitteraria2004, No 9,pp. 226–237.
- Andrus Org.Fantastic fiction in Estonian literature: fields of genres and their sources of influence.In: Martin Carayol (Ed.).Le fantastique et la science-fiction en Finlande et en Estonie.Paris: L'Harmattan, 2012, pp. 35–45. (Bibliothèque finno-ougrienne 23.)