Kätlin Vainola
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Kätlin Vainola (born 30 September 1978 in
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) is a contemporary
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children’s writer and
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. She sometimes uses the pen name Marie Myrk.


Biography

Born in Tallinn, she spent her earliest years in the subdistrict of
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before the family moved to
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. The family later returned to Tallinn where she graduated from secondary school at the
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Gymnasium. Vainola graduated from
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in Estonian philology in 2002 and has worked as a teacher, project manager, and editor and has written lyrics for the bands Vennaskond and Sõpruse Puiestee. She currently works as the editor-in-chief of the children’s magazine ''Hea Laps''. Since 2014 she is a member of the Estonian Writers' Union.


Personal

Kätlin Vainola is married to musician Allan Vainola. They have two sons.


Bibliography

* ''Ville'', Tänapäev 2006 * ''Mia, Konrad ja avanevad uksed'' (Mia, Conrad, and the Opening Doors), Tänapäev 2008 * ''Kelli – peaaegu haldjas'' (Kelly – Almost a Fairy), Pegasus 2008 * ''Metsaelu aabits'' (The ABCs of Forest Life), Menu Kirjastus 2009 * ''Tiigielu aabits'' (The ABCs of Pond Life; with Aleksei Turovski), Menu Kirjastus 2011 * ''Suvevaheaeg koolis'' (Summer Break at School), Tallinna Keskraamatukogu 2011 * ''Karuelu aabits'' (The ABCs of Bear Life; with Peep Männil), Menu Kirjastus 2012 * ''Lift'', Pegasus 2013 * ''Kus on armastus?'' (Where Is Love?), Päike ja Pilv 2014, 2017 * ''Kelli hakkab piraadiks'' (Kelly Becomes a Pirate), Pegasus 2014 * ''Sonja ja kass'' (Sonya and the Cat), Pegasus, 2015 * ''Poiss, kes joonistas kaarte'' (The Boy Who Drew Maps) * ''Nähh Pariisis'' (Naa in Paris), Päike ja Pilv 2017 * ''Krips-kraps, eesti laps'' (Estonian Child – Mild and Wild), Eesti Instituut 2017 * ''Lood julgetest Eesti tüdrukutest'' (Stories of Brave Estonian Girls), Pegasus 2018 * ''Minu Eesti seiklus'' (My Estonian Adventure), Päike ja Pilv 2019


Awards

* 2005 Children’s Story Competition My First Book, 3rd place (Ville) * 2009 Good Children’s Book (Kelly – Almost a Fairy) * 2011 Good Children’s Book (The ABCs of Pond Life) * 2013 Good Children’s Book (Lift) * 2013 The Knee-High Book Competition, 1st place (Where is Love?) * 2014 The White Ravens (Lift) * 2014 Good Children’s Book (Where is Love?)


Translations

German * Lift, Willegoos 2015 * Wo ist die Liebe?, BaltArt 2015 Italian * A che piano va? Sinnos 2016 Lithuanian * Liftas, 700 eilučių 2016


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vainola, Katlin 1978 births Living people Estonian children's writers Estonian women children's writers Estonian women poets 21st-century Estonian women writers 21st-century Estonian poets Tallinn University alumni Writers from Tallinn