Karl Edouard Søet (December 26, 1862, Lohkva village, Tartu parish - September 1, 1950, Tartu) - Russian and Estonian poet, journalist, editor and publisher.
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Born into the family of a wealthy peasant who rented a mill. At the age of 6, he and his family moved to Ilmatsalu. He received his primary education at a German-speaking elementary school in Tartu, from 1878 to 1881 he studied at the county-level German-speaking gymnasium in the same city, then at the Tartu Imperial University, where he studied accounting. According to TSB, he also studied at the Tartu Mining School. After graduation, he was a scribe in the village parish for a while. From 1886 to 1896, he was a member of the journal Olevik (where he was not only an assistant editor, but also an accountant), while from the 1880s his poems were published in various Estonian newspapers. From 1893 (or from 1895) to 1914, he owned his own printing house and a bookstore with her, but with the beginning of the First World War he sold his company and lived for a while as a freelance writer. After the proclamation of independence of Estonia in 1919-1920, he was for some time a member of the Tartu City Council, then he retired, but continued to participate in political life. From 1920 to 1923, he was the chief editor of the daily Postimees. Then earned his living as a freelance writer. On January 31, 1936, the Estonian Republic government bought Söeta’s property (furniture and library) arrested for debts for 1000 kroons and rented it for five years for ten kroons per year [3] . He was a member of a number of cultural societies, including a member of the board of the Tartu Association Vanemuine, a co-founder of the Estonian Literary Society, a member of the board of the Estonian National Museum and a foreign member of the Hungarian Petofi Society [4] . In 1938 he was awarded the Order of the Estonian Red Cross III class [5] .
Shoet's poetic legacy includes love lyrics, poems extolling the beauty of native nature, poems for children (many of them are now considered classics), and also (in the last period of his career) romantic elegy and ballads [6] . A number of his works, many of which are close to folk poetry and folk songs, were set to music by Estonian composers [7] .
Major works: poetry collections “Meadow Flowers” (“Aasa õied”, 2 volumes, 1890-1891), “Joy and sorrow” (“Rõõm ja mure”, 1894), “Destiny” (“Saatus”, 1899), “ Memoirs and hopes ”(“ Mälestused ja lootused ”, 1903),“ House ”(“ Kodu ”, 1921),“ Harvest of the Moon Sickle ”(“ Kuusirbi õsu ”, 1937). In his poems, Shoet chanted peasant life, nature, and love, and protested against national oppression and social injustice. Of the works oriented to the children's audience, the most famous is the collection of poems The Magic Kingdom of Childhood (Lapsepõlve Kungla, 1923).
He also translated into Estonian the works of Heinrich Heine and Sandor Petefi. In 1988, a prize was established in his name for authors of children's literature [8] . In 1977, a monument to Shoet was erected in Lohkva; later, a monument was erected for him in Ilmatsal [9] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 1038560780 // General Regulatory Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 BNF ID : 2011 open data platform .
- ↑ http: //www.plk.plk; II
- ↑ Eesti elulood. Eesti entsüklopeediakirjastus, Tallinn 2000, ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , S. 498f. (= Eesti entsüklopeedia 14)
- ↑ Sööt, Karl Eduard (est.) . Eesti Entsüklopeedia. The date of appeal is 2017-29-05.
- ↑ Karl Eduard Sööt (Laidi)
- ↑ Estonica.org - Rapid development of children's literature
- ↑ Karl Eduard Söödi lasteluule aastaauhind . Tartu Linnaraamatukogu kirjandusveeb, vaadatud 08.08.2016.
- ↑ Indrek Rohtmets: Kultuurilooline Estimaa . Tallinn 2004 ( ISBN 9985-3-0882-4 ), S. 242
