Kauksi Ülle (born Ülle Kahusk 23 September 1962) is an

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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

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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

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. She attended school in

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and

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. In 1986, she graduated from the

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

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er Dépendance of the

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, 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