Contra (real name Margus Konnula; born 22 March 1974, in

Urvaste Urvaste ( vro, Urvastõ) is a village in Antsla Parish, Võru County, in southeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Before the 2017 Administrative Reform, the village belonged to Urvaste Parish. Tamme-Lauri oak The Tamme-Lauri oak ( et, ...

Võru County Võru County ( et, Võru maakond or ''Võrumaa''; vro, Võro maakund) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga County and Põlva County and is the only Estonian county bordering two countries - Latvia (Alūksne Municipality and ...

) is an

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n poet and translator. After 1994, he worked as a postman. From 1996 to 1999, he was the postmaster at Urvaste. After this job, he became a

freelance writer ''Freelance'' (sometimes spelled ''free-lance'' or ''free lance''), ''freelancer'', or ''freelance worker'', are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance w ...

and screenwriter. From 2004 to 2008, he was the editor of the local newspaper of the

Urvaste Parish Urvaste Parish ( et, Urvaste vald, vro, Urvastõ vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. It had a population of 1,413 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 139.62 km2. There are two main tourist attractions: Tamme-Lauri ...

. He has won numerous Estonian-related and also other country awards. For example, in 2017, he received the

Eduards Veidenbaums Eduards Veidenbaums (Glāznieki, Priekuļi parish, 3 October 1867 — Kalāči, Mūrmuiža parish, 24 May 1892) was a Latvian poet and translator. Biography Eduards Veidenbaums was born at the Glāznieki farmstead in the Priekuļi parish ...

Literary Award. In 2019, he received the Latvian

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(V class).

Selected works

* 1995: poetry collection "Ohoh" * 2001: poetry collection "Suusamütsi tutt" ('Ski Hat Bobble') * 2019: poetry collection "Legoist"

References

External links

Contra at Estonian Writers' Online Dictionary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Contra 1974 births Living people Estonian male poets Estonian translators 21st-century Estonian poets People from Antsla Parish