Kauksi Ülle (born Ülle Kahusk 23 September 1962) 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 writer.

Life and work

Kauksi Ülle sees herself as a South Estonian writer who is closely connected to the customs and history of South Estonia. Therefore, according to the tradition of her homeland, she often appears under the name Kauksi Ülle. She writes consistently in

Võro Võro may refer to: * Võro people, an ethnic group of Estonia * Võro language Võro ( vro, võro kiilʼ, link=no , et, võru keel) is a language belonging to the Finnic branch of the Uralic languages. Traditionally, it has been con ...

and is committed to reviving the language. Her work is attributed to ethnofuturism. Kauksi Ülle now lives in Obinitsa. Kauksi Ülle grew up in the countryside in

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 ...

. She attended school in

Rõuge Rõuge ( vro, Rõugõ) is a small borough (') in Võru County in southeastern Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Rõuge Parish. Rõuge põhikool.jpg, Rõuge school Eesti Ema monument Rõuges.jpg, Monument for Estonian Mother Rõuge Va ...

and

Võru Võru (; vro, Võro; german: Werro) is a town and a municipality in south-eastern Estonia. It is the capital of Võru County and the centre of Võru Parish. History Võru was founded on 21 August 1784, according to the wish of the Empress Cather ...

. In 1986, she graduated from the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

with a degree in journalism. She then worked in the editorial department of the magazine Kultuur ja Elu, in the

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

er Dépendance of the

Estonian Writers' Union The Estonian Writers Union (Eesti Kirjanike Liit, abbreviated EKL), is a professional association of Estonian writers and literary critics.Marje Jõeste, Küllo Arjakas, ''The Baltic States'', Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers, 1991, page 64 Hist ...

, at Võru Raadio and in the Fenno-Ugria Foundation, which she has headed since 1998.

Works

Poems

* 1987 Kesk umma mäke * 1989 Hanõ vai luigõ * 1991 Jyriyy * 1995 Agu ni Eha. Morn and Eve ''(Võro and English)'' * 1996 Kuldnaanõ. Kultanainen ''(Võro and Finnish)'' * 2001 Nõsõq rõõmu mõrsija * 2003 Käänüpäiv * 2005 Emaemamaa * 2012 Palunõiaq * 2012 Valit luulõq

Prose

* 1997 Säng * 1998 Paat * 2000 Huuv' * 2003 Uibu

Drama

* 2004 ''

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'' * 2006 ''Kuus tükkü''

References

1962 births Living people People from Võru Estonian women poets Estonian women novelists 20th-century Estonian poets 21st-century Estonian poets 20th-century Estonian novelists 21st-century Estonian novelists Estonian dramatists and playwrights Estonian women dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Estonian women writers 20th-century Estonian women writers Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class