Johan Sütiste (real name and surname - Johannes Schütz , until 1936 - Johannes Schüts [3] ; Est. Juhan Sütiste ; December 28, 1899 , Tähtvere - February 10, 1945 , Tallinn ) - Estonian poet , prose writer , playwright . The athlete .
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Biography
Born in a poor family. After graduating from elementary school, he worked as a student of a watchmaker. He graduated from evening school. In 1923-1931 he studied philosophy and law at the University of Tartu . I didn’t finish my studies.
Engaged in literary work. In 1929-1930 he was the editor of the literary journal Kirjanduslik Orbiit . In 1938-1941 he worked as a playwright at the Estonian Drama Theater in Tallinn.
Several times he was elected Chairman of the Board of the Union of Writers of Estonia.
Athlete of Estonia. 1927 Estonian student games champion in javelin throwing. In 1928, the Estonian Championship set a personal record of 59.07 m, in 1925 and 1929 he won silver, in 1926 - bronze. He participated in the football competitions of the country.
In 1941 participated in the defense of Tallinn . He was arrested by the invaders and in 1941-1942 was in Tallinn prison Keskvangla. He came out of a fascist prison with poor health.
Creativity
It was published since 1921. In the collections of poems “Confusion” (1928), “From Peypsy to the Sea” (1930), “Down with Calm!” (1932), “Two Camps” (1933), he created realistic pictures of the life and struggle of Estonian workers, and criticized the bourgeois system. The poems “Sea and Forest” (1937-1938), “On Fire and Ashes” (1938), “West and East” (1939), “Bread and Water” (1940) and “Tartu and Tallinn achieved high skill in an unfinished cycle. "(1941), in which he reflects on the life of Estonia. The poem “The Earth Turns East” (1940) is dedicated to the restoration of Soviet power in Estonia in 1940. The collection “Stuffy Days” (1945) is a book of thoughts about what has been experienced.
The author of the historical play “Crusader Dogs” (published in 1946) and the anti-fascist plays “The Avalanche Moves” and “The Avalanche Collapses” (both published in 1956), verses for children “Fishermen” [4] .
Memory
- The street in Mustamäe ( Tallinn ) and the large freezing fishing trawler of the Estonian fishing expedition base were named after Juhan Sütiste.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 Estonian Sports Biographical Dictionary
- ↑ Tafilalet // Tatars - Topopik. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1956. - P. 432. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 51 vols.] / Ch. Ed. B. A. Vvedensky ; 1949-1958, vol. 42).
- ↑ MFN catalog
Links
- Juhan Sütiste (est.)