Jan Kaus
| Jan Kaus | |
|---|---|
 Jan Kaus in 2010. | |
| Born | Jan Kaus 22 Januar 1971 Aegviidu, Estonie. |
| Thrift | Author |
| Naitionality | Estonie |
| Notable warks | Õndsate tund, Tema, Miniatuurid, Hetk |
Jan Kaus (born 22 Januar 1971 Aegviidu, Estonie) is a Estonie writer.[1]
Life an wirk
[eedit | eedit soorce]Jan Kaus studiet education an filosofie in Tallinn. In 1995, he teuk his teacher's examination.
Kaus currently wirks as poetry an prose writer an publicist. In addeetion, he wirks as a leeterar creetic, essayist, visual airtist, guitarist an translator frae Inglis an Finnish an aw.[2]
Frae 1998 tae 2001 Kaus wis the editor o the Estonie leeterar weekly Sirp. Frae 2004 tae 2007 he wis chairman o the Estonian Writers' Union (Estonian Eesti Kirjanike liit). Syne 2007, he again wirkit at Sirp.
Kaus is an accurate an shrewd, sometimes sarcastic observer o Estonie, the New Economy an the Internet age. His poetry an prose tak up the social problems in Estonie in the 21st century.
Works
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Üle ja ümber (novellas, 2000)
- Maailm ja mõni (novel, 2001)
- Õndsate tund (novellas, 2003)
- Läbi Minotauruse (collection of essays, 2003)
- Tema (novel, 2005)
- Miniatuurid (short stories, 2009)
- Hetk (novel, 2009)
- Koju (novel)
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt, Geschichte der estnischen Literatur Berlin, New York 2006 (ISBN 3-11-018025-1), p 784 (German)
- ↑ Estonian literary magazine, Estonian Institute, 2000, p144
External links
[eedit | eedit soorce]- CV, bibliography, book reviews Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine