Viivi Luik

***[Inimese käsi liigub valgel lehel]

Language: estonian

Translations: english (***[Across the empty page moves a human hand]), german (***[Eine Menschenhand bewegt sich auf dem weißen Blatt])

***[Inimese käsi liigub valgel lehel]

Inimese käsi liigub valgel lehel,
nahk ja küüned, liha, sooned, luu.
Aga hääd ja kurja vapralt kaasa tehes
seisab kolme sõrme vahel pliiats truu.

Väljas undab tuul või linn või ajalugu.
Pilk on muutunud ja saanud salapära.
Süda liigutab end rinnus ühtelugu,
aga suu ei suuda seletada ära,

miks on igal ajal omamoodi valu,
see, mis kõiki elavaid teeb üheks tõuks.
Käsi kirjutab. Ja kord see tume valu
tõuseb paberilt ja muutub elujõuks.

Viivi Luik

photo © Piia Ruber

* 06.11.1946, Tänassilma, Estonia
lives in: Tallinn, Estonia

Viivi Luik, born in 1946, is one of the most treasured writers of contemporary Estonian literature. Her poetry captivates audiences with its musicality and is often characterized by perceiving the world and reflecting feelings through nature, rendering its mystic beauty, clarity and all-embracing fragility in words. In her poetry the journey from the nature of the countryside to the city has been evident; the contrasts seem to be especially sharp in her excellent poetry for children.

photo © Piia Ruber

She has written plays, essays, novels and children literature. Her novel The Seventh Spring of Peace (1985 ), observing country life in post-war Soviet Estonia seen through a child’s implacable eyes, is one of the most outstanding Estonian novels that has appeared – also because of its interesting representation and use of language.

Having worked as an archivist and librarian, since 1967 Viivi Luik has been a professional writer.

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