Karl Ast
Appearance
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Karl Ast | |
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Kreis Werro, Governorate of Livonia | |
Died | July 9, 1971 | (aged 85)
Nationality | Estonian |
Other names | Karl Rumor |
Occupation(s) | writer, politician |
Karl Ast (pseudonym: Karl Rumor, 19 February 1886 – 9 July 1971) was an Estonian writer and politician.[1]
Life
Ast's older brother,
Russian Imperial Army
.
With the attainment of independence of the
Republic of Estonia, Karl Ast entered politics. He was a member of the Estonian Constituent Assembly in 1919. From 1919 to 1933 he was a member of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). Between 1933 and 1939 he traveled the world (including the capitals of Europe, North Africa, India, Japan, China) and had written numerous travel accounts and reports. In 1939 he was Estonian press attaché in Sweden
.
During the
Estonian government in exile
until 1959.
Literary work
Karl Ast's literary debut came in 1911, shortly after his release from Tzarist imprisonment with the short story collection Sääsed tormis (The mosquitoes in the storm). In 1923/24 he was chairman of the Estonian Writers' Union. In addition to numerous short stories he wrote a novel (Krutsifiks, 1960), two volumes of memoirs and numerous travel books. His short stories made him one of the most popular exile writers of his time.
Bibliography
- Sääsed tormis (1911, short stories and sketches)
- Lumiste kõrguste poole (1913, prose poem)
- Tuled sügis-öös (1913, short stories)
- Tiibuse Jaagu kojutulek: traagikomöödia 1 vaatuses (1920, under the pseudonym Kaarlo Orawa)
- Siiruviiruline: novellid ja vested (1921, short stories)
- Mürgine vili. Sõja ja revolutsiooni novellid (1926, short stories)
- Sammud kaduvikku' (1928, short stories)
- Valge naine: romantiline draama kolmes vaatuses (1928, romantic drama)
- Kui Saara naerab (1929, erotic short stories)
- Palava päikese ja fanaatilise usu maal: reisukirjad Tseilonist ja Indiast (1930/31, travel reports)
- Allah ja ta rahvas: tähelepanekuid ja elamusi Marokos (1936, travelogue)
- Kahe tule vahel (1943, a political treatise)
- Uned ja mured (1953, short stories)
- Kuldlind (1959, short stories)
- Krutsifiks. Jutustus inimhingede põuast ja põlemisest (1960, novel)
- Tuuleviiul (1962, short stories)
- Aegade sadestus (1963–65, memories, two volumes)
- Liivakella all (1971, short stories)
- Peeglite vahel (1991, short stories)
- Põlevad laevad (1995, story)
- Maailma lõpus (2007, essays, edited by Hando Runnel)
References
- ^ Arvo Mägi, Estonian literature: an outline, Baltic Humanitarian Association, 1968