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Eduard Wilde
Eduard Vilde ( – 26 December 1933) was an Estonian writer, a pioneer of critical realism in Estonian literature, and a diplomat. Author of classics such as ''The War in Mahtra'' and ''The Milkman from Mäeküla''. He was one of the most revered figures in Estonian literature and is generally credited as being the country's first professional writer. Life and career Vilde grew on the farm where his father worked. In 1883 he began working as a journalist. He spent a great deal of his life traveling abroad and he lived for some time in Berlin in the 1890s, where he was influenced by materialism and socialism. His writings were also guided by the realism and naturalism of the French writer Émile Zola (1840–1902). In addition to being a prolific writer, he was also an outspoken critic of Tsarist rule and of the German landowners. With the founding of the first Estonian republic in 1919, he served as an ambassador in Berlin for several years, and spent the last years of his li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Émile Zola
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (, also , ; 2 April 184029 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in his renowned newspaper opinion headlined ''J'Accuse…!'' Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901 and 1902. Early life Zola was born in Paris in 1840 to François Zola (originally Francesco Zolla) and Émilie Aubert. His father was an Italian engineer with some Greek ancestry, who was born in Venice in 1795, and engineered the Zola Dam in Aix-en-Provence; his mother was French. The family moved to Aix-en-Provence in the southeast when Émile was three years old. Four years later, in 1847, his father die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galway
Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a City status in Ireland, city in the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay, and is the List of settlements on the island of Ireland by population, sixth most populous city on the island of Ireland and the List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland by population, fourth most populous in the Republic of Ireland, with a population at the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census of 83,456. Located near an earlier settlement, Galway grew around a fortification built by the Kings of Connacht, King of Connacht in 1124. A municipal charter in 1484 allowed citizens of the by then walled city to form a Galway City Council, council and mayoralty. Controlled largely by a group of merchant families, the Tribes of Galway, the city grew into a trading port. Following a period of decline, as of the 21st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'', and the circumstances of his criminal conviction for gross indecency for consensual homosexual acts in "one of the first celebrity trials", imprisonment, and early death from meningitis at age 46. Wilde's parents were Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. A young Wilde learned to speak fluent French and German. At university, Wilde read Literae Humaniores#Greats, Greats; he demonstrated himself to be an exceptional Classics, classicist, first at Trinity College Dublin, then at Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxford. He became associated with the emerging philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin. After university, Wilde m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minu Esimesed Triibulised
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Pisuhänd
Estonian mythology is a complex of myths belonging to the Estonian folk heritage and literary mythology. Information about the pre-Christian and medieval Estonian mythology is scattered in historical chronicles, travellers' accounts and in ecclesiastical registers. Systematic recordings of Estonian folklore started in the 19th century. Pre-Christian Estonian deities may have included a god known as ''Jumal'' or ''Taevataat'' ("Old man of the sky") in Estonian, corresponding to ''Jumala'' in Finnish, and ''Jumo'' in Mari. Estonian mythology in old chronicles According to the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia in 1225 the Estonians disinterred the enemy's dead and burned them. It is thought that cremation was believed to speed up the dead person's journey to the afterlife and by cremation the dead would not become earthbound spirits which were thought to be dangerous to the living. Henry of Livonia also describes in his chronicle an Estonian legend originating from Virumaa in North Est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mäeküla Piimamees
'' Mäeküla piimamees'' (''The Dairyman of Mäeküla'') is a novel by the Estonian author Eduard Vilde Eduard Vilde ( – 26 December 1933) was an Estonian writer, a pioneer of critical realism in Estonian literature, and a diplomat. Author of classics such as ''The War in Mahtra'' and ''The Milkman from Mäeküla''. He was one of the most revere .... It was first published in 1916. It was translated into English as ''Milkman of the Manor'' by Melanie Rauk in 1976. Most of the information given about Mäeküla Manor, the location of ''Mäeküla piimamehe'', corresponds to Karjaküla Manor in Keila Parish at the time, which a large part of the characters in the novel are based on. Vilde's parents worked at this manor, and Vilde himself visited them several times, staying there for long periods in 1882–1883, 1886–1887, and 1892–1893. During those visits, Vilde got to know the life and situation there in detail. References Estonian novels Novels set in Estonia 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kui Anija Mehed Tallinnas Käisid
Kui may refer to: People *Kui people, a Mon-Khmer ethnic minority *Kui Lee, a singer-songwriter People with the surname Kui (奎) *Kui Yuanyuan, a Chinese gymnast Places *Kui, Hiroshima, a Japanese town * Kawau Island Airport, IATA code KUI, on Kawau Island Astronomy *KUI 91AB, a variable star of Delta Cephei type *KUI 93AB, an eclipsing binary of Algol variable type Other uses *Kui (Chinese mythology) 夔, a one-legged mountain demon, also legendary inventor of music and dance *Kui (dragonball), a manga character *Kui (music), comes from Kazakh language *Kui (Māori mythology), a chthonic Māori demigod, also father of Vahi-vero in Tuamotu mythology *Kui kuningas nutab, a 1997 song by Terminaator *Kui language (India), a Dravidian language spoken by the Khonds *Kui language (Indonesia), a Timor–Alor–Pantar language *Kui the Horseclaw, a character in ''Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' *KUI, acronym for Kinetic user interface Gesture recognition is a topic in comput ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahtra Sõda
''Mahtra sõda'' (The Mahtra War) is a 1902 novel by Eduard Vilde. It is the first part of a trilogy of historical novels about the peasant movements of the 1900s. The second work of the trilogy is ''Kui Anija mehed Tallinnas käisid'' (When Anija's Men Went to Tallinn, 1903), and the third part is '' Prohvet Maltsvet'' (Prophet Maltsvet, 1905–1908). The novel is about the peasant insurgency known as the Mahtra War. The uprising took place from May to July 1858 at Mahtra Manor in the former Juuru Parish. Writing and publication Vilde engaged in extensive research before writing the novel, working through historical works and archival sources. In addition, he used the manuscript memoires of Hans Tertsius and the reminiscences of people recorded in Juuru. The novel was first published in ''Teataja'' as a story in installments for almost five months in 1902. It was mostly written during the nighttime hours because during the day Vilde was busy with editorial work. "The printing h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raudsed Käed
''Raudsed käed'' (Iron Hands) is an 1898 novel by Eduard Vilde. It is the first Estonian worker's novel, and its action takes place in Narva. The protagonist of the novel is Villem, who comes from the countryside to the city to work at the Kreenholm Manufacturing Company. At first, the city and factory work seem promising, but over the years life goes downhill due to hard work, and Villem is no longer able to take care of his family or himself. The highly tragic final events of the novel bear a noticeable resemblance to Émile Zola Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (, also , ; 2 April 184029 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of ...'s work '' Thérèse Raquin'', published in 1867. In Vilde's works, Zola's influence is evident elsewhere. References Estonian novels Novels set in Estonia 1898 novels {{1890s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
