Kultuur ja Elu

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Kultuur ja Elu ("Culture and Life") is an Estonian magazine dedicated to culture, issued since 1958.[1][2]

During the Soviet times it was a publication of the Minustry of Culture of Estonian SSR and Estonian SSR Council of Trade Unions. In 1858-1958 its name was Kultuuritöötaja (Worker of Culture).[3] Its content was related to "workers of culture", i.e., artists, actors, writers, critics, ets. It also published short literary works and has a section of photography.

Since the 1990s, after re-establishing independence by Estonia, its main topics included crimes of the Soviet regime and struggle for freedom against Communism and Soviet state.

Editors-in-chief

  • Friedrich Issak
  • Sirje Endre (1984–1993)
  • Andres Herkel (1991–1992, editor-in-chief of the supplement Eesti Elu ("Estonian Life"))[4]
  • Tea Kurvits (since 2009)

References

  1. ↑ Magazine website
  2. ↑ "Kultuur ja Elu ", in Eesti rahvusbibliograafia
  3. ↑ "Kultuur ja elu" at Stanford University database
  4. ↑ Andres Herkel curriculum vitae
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