Oswald Alexandrovich Tooming (1914-1992) - Estonian and Soviet writer , playwright , screenwriter , journalist . Laureate of the State Prize of the Estonian SSR (1949).
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| Full name | Oswald Alexandrovich Tooming |
| Date of Birth | January 26, 1914 |
| Place of Birth | village Jadivere, Livonia Province , Russian Empire (now Vigala Parish , Raplama County, Estonia ) |
| Date of death | June 6, 1992 (aged 78) |
| A place of death | Tartu |
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| Occupation | prose writer , playwright , screenwriter journalist |
| Language of Works | Estonian |
| Debut | "New people" |
| Awards | Estonian SSR State Prize |
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Creativity
- 3 Selected Works
- 4 Awards
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
Biography
In 1931 he was expelled from the gymnasium for communist activities. He worked as a forester (1932-1935). In 1935-1939 he studied at the Faculty of Law at the University of Tartu . From 1934 to 1941 he worked as a journalist in Rakvere , from 1936 to 1940 - in the newspaper Virumaa Teataja .
During the Nazi occupation of Estonia in 1941-1942 he was imprisoned.
From 1945 to 1947 - editor of the newspaper " Rahva Hääl ", a press organ of the Council of Ministers of the Estonian SSR and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia. From 1947 to 1950, he edited the main literary magazine of the Estonian SSR “Looming” . Member of the Writers' Union of the Estonian SSR (1947-1950 and 1955-1992).
In 1949, he was awarded the State Prize of the Estonian SSR.
In May 1951 he was repressed and sentenced to 25 years in prison. From 1951 to 1955 - a prisoner of Vyatlag in the Kirov region . Released in 1955. After returning to Estonia, he worked for a long time as a freelance journalist in Halyal , Tallinn, then settled in Viljandi , and later Kolga-Jaani lived.
In 1966, he was one of the founders of the Estonian Society for the Conservation of Nature.
Creativity
As a prose writer debuted in 1940. The author of many stories and essays, novels, novels, dramas. The main theme of the works is the rural life of Estonians with their human relationships and destinies, the struggle to protect nature.
Selected Works
- Collections of short stories and short stories
- “New People” (1948),
- “Call of the Motherland” (1950),
- Swan Flight (1956),
- "The Road Through the Forest" (1960),
- The Forest Book (1969),
- "Episodes" (1972),
- "Poacher"
- Novels
- "In the years of the brown plague,"
- Green Gold (both 1950)
- The Kirretov Family (1958),
- The Twelve Years (1963)
- “Pastor Hiyemägi” (1977).
- Essays
- “The Forest Behind the Trees” (Tallinn, 1982)
- Movie scripts
- Fortune telling on a camomile (film almanac) / Karikakramäng (1978)
- “The Man and the Pine Whorl” / Mees ja mänd (1979)
Rewards
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1950)
- Estonian SSR State Prize (1949)
He was buried in the Raadi cemetery in Tartu.
Literature
- Encyclopedic literary dictionary. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia. Edited by V. M. Kozhevnikov, P. A. Nikolaev. 1987.
Links
- Haljala Osvald Tooming (Est.)
- Tooming, Oswald Alexandrovich on the Internet Movie Database