Piret Bristol (born 18 April 1968) 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, prosaist, and novelist. From 1986 to 2001, she studied Estonian literature in

Tartu University 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 ...

. From 1996 to 2007, she was a

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. From 2007 to 2011, she was a copy editor for the newspaper ''

Postimees ''Postimees'' () is an Estonian daily newspaper established on 5 June 1857, by Johann Voldemar Jannsen. In 1891, it became the first daily newspaper in Estonia. Its current editor-in-chief is Priit Hõbemägi. The paper has approximately 250 ...

''. From 2011 to 2014, she was the head of the Tartu branch 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 ...

Selected works

* 1996 short story "Turvamehed" ('Security Guards') * 2007 prose collection "Paralleelmeri" ('Parallel Sea') * 2011-2013 three-part novel series "Maailm, mis on hea" ('A World That Is Good')

References

External links

Piret Bristol at Estonian Writers' Online Dictionary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bristol, Piret 1968 births Living people Estonian women novelists Estonian women poets 21st-century Estonian poets 20th-century Estonian women writers 21st-century Estonian women writers Estonian women short story writers University of Tartu alumni