Mihkel Mutt

Mihkel Mutt (Born February 18, 1953, in Tartu) is an Estonian writer and arts journalist.[1]

Life

Mihkel Mutt was the son of the famous translator and English philologist Oleg Mutt. He studied Estonian philology at the University of Tartu from 1971 to 1976. After completing his studies, he was an editor at a publishing house and for various literary journals until 1987. After he worked two years as a dramatist at a youth theater. Since 1992 he is a member of the PEN Estonia, which he led from 1996 to 1999 as president.

Between 1990/91 Mutt was the head of the Information Department in the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[2] At the same time, he was chief correspondent of the weekly newspaper Eesti Aeg. In 1992 he was awarded a scholarship at the Schloß Wiepersdorf artist house. From 1997 to 2005 Mutt headed the cultural journal Sirp. He is the chief editor of Estonia's most important literary magazine Looming since November 2005.

Mihkel Mutt has published a number of short stories, literary criticism and essays since the 1970s. His prose is characterized by irony and satire. His novels deal with socio-cultural and interpersonal issues. In 1994 he received the Virumaa Literature Prize for his novel Rahvusvaheline mees ( "The International Man.")

Works

7 novels, 5 short story collections, 2 children's books, 2 travel diaries, 6 volumes of essays and a play.

Among the most important:

References

  1. ^ Hasso Krull, A sharp cut: contemporary Estonian literature, Estonian Literature Information Centre, 2005, p72
  2. ^ J Talvet, The State of Estonian Literature Following the Reestablishment of Independence , World Literature Today, Vol. 72, University of Oklahoma, 1998