August Kitzberg
August Kitzberg (29 December [O.S. 17 December] 1855 in Laatre Parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire – 10 October 1927 in Tartu) was an Estonian writer.
Life
[edit]Until 1863, August Kitzberg was known as August Kits. He grew up in Niitsaadu farmstead in Penuja village, Abja Parish (1857–1871), where his brother, Jaak Kits, was a schoolteacher. He worked for a time in Viljandi and present-day Latvia before moving to Tartu in 1901, where he worked as a manager of the newspaper Postimees.[1]
His early works consisted of comedies and humorous stories of village life. In Tartu, Kitzberg began working with Karl Menning at the Vanemuine Theatre, and his plays developed a component of social criticism.[2]
There is a monument and museum dedicated to Kitzberg in Karksi-Nuia.[3] His play, Tuulte pöörises, was chosen for the opening play of the Rakvere Theatre in 1940.
Works
[edit]Plays
[edit]- Punga–Mart ja Uba-Kaarel (1894)
- Sauna Antsu "oma" hobune (1894)
- Püve Peetri "riukad" (1897)
- Veli Henn (1901)
- Räime Reeda 10 kopikat (1903)
- Rätsep Õhk (1903)
- Hennu Veli (1904)
- Tuulte pöörises (1906)
- Libahunt (1911/12, filmed in 1968); The Ballet Tiina by Lydia Auster is based on this work
- Kaval-Ants ja Vanapagan (1912)
- Kauka jumal (1915)
- Kosjasõit (1915)
- Enne kukke ja koitu (1919)
- Laurits (1919)
- Onu Zipul (1922)
- Neetud talu (1923)
Stories
[edit]- Maimu (1889)
- Külajutud (Village Stories, five volumes, 1915–1921)
- Tiibuse Jaak Tiibuse kirjavahetus (two volumes, 1920/1923, under pseudonym Tiibuse Jaak Tiibus)
Memoir
[edit]- Vana "tuuletallaja" noorpõlve mälestused (two volumes, 1924/25)
References
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- ^ Polet, Jean-Claude (2002). Auteurs européens du premier XXe siècle: 1. De la drôle de paix à la drôle de guerre (1923-1939) (in French). De Boeck Supérieur. ISBN 978-2-8041-3580-5.
- ^ Raun, Toivo U. (2002-02-01). Estonia and the Estonians: Second Edition, Updated. Hoover Press. ISBN 978-0-8179-2853-7.
- ^ "Karksi museums website". Archived from the original on 2007-06-27. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
- Alttoa, Villem (1960). August Kitzberg (in Estonian). Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus.
- August Kitzberg biographical sketch Archived 2014-12-25 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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