Aime Hansen is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n poet, writer, and artist. She is noted for her works with religious themes and her exploration of the

mysticism Mysticism is popularly known as becoming one with God or the Absolute, but may refer to any kind of ecstasy or altered state of consciousness which is given a religious or spiritual meaning. It may also refer to the attainment of insight in u ...

of life and psychology. In 2009 she authored ''Jaipur-Delhi-Himaalaja: reisikohvrist leitud lood'', a

short story collection A short story collection is a book of short stories and/or novellas by a single author. A short story collection is distinguished from an anthology of fiction, which would contain work by several authors (e.g., ''Les Soirées de Médan''). The s ...

related to her travels in

northern India North India is a loosely defined region consisting of the northern part of India. The dominant geographical features of North India are the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the Himalayas, which demarcate the region from the Tibetan Plateau and Central ...

and the

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. A member of the Estonian Writer's Union, she writes in both Estonian and English.

Works

* "Koduaja tuul",

Eesti Raamat Eesti Raamat (Eesti Raamat OÜ) is Estonian publisher which is located in Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn ...

(1982) * "Kalade kuninga maa", Eesti Raamat (1988), * "Teekond madude saarele", (1990) * "Jaipur-Delhi-Himaalaja: reisikohvrist leitud lood",

Varrak Varrak is an Estonian book publishing company founded in 1991, which quickly grew to one of the most popular book publishers in Estonia. It publishes both Estonian and translated works, including children's books, biographies, fiction and histo ...

(2009) * "Ma olin mereingel", Verb (2011) * "Eestlasena Londonis: kübar jalas, saabas peas", Ajakirjade Kirjastus (2011) * "Uus-Meremaa sõnas ja pildis", Go Group (2011)

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Biography
at Varrak Estonian women poets 1962 births Living people University of Tartu alumni 20th-century Estonian poets 21st-century Estonian poets Writers from Tallinn {{Estonia-writer-stub