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Tõnu Õnnepalu

INSULA DESERTA

  • 1 INSULA DESERTA | Translations: fi
  • 2 Vabadust pole | Translations: ende
  • 3 ***[Selgel vihmajärgsel hommikul märtsis] | Translations: fide
  • 4 Sel maal | Translations: fr
  • 5 1. sept. 1986 | Translations: fr
  • 6 Kiri maalt 31. III | Translations: fi
  • 7 ***[Minu hing on teele valmis] | Translations: en
  • 8 ***[Vesi on läbipaistev] | Translations: fr
  • 9 30. aprill, kolmapäev, 1. mai, taevaminemispüha. | Translations: he
  • 10 12. mai, esmaspäev. | Translations: he
  • 11 18. mai, pühapäev. | Translations: fr
  • 12 26. november, kolmapäev. | Translations: fr
  • 13 4. detsember, neljapäev. | Translations: frde
  • 14 ***[Väga tuuline päev, noori õrnu lehti lendab õhus] | Translations: enno
  • 15 Õuel on täna vihm | Translations: fr
Language: estonian
Translations: finnish (INSULA DESERTA)
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INSULA DESERTA

Vihmahoogudest uhutud tee
loigud kus peegeldub taevas
peatunud pilv

Kumerat põldu kroonivad vahtrad
liikumatult seisavad purpuris
ja kullas

Mis hõõgub veel tuhmilt nüüd õhtul
kui päike on kadunud mere
ja rahude varju

Viies endaga kaasa varasügise päeva
tuulte ja vihmade
kohisevad hood

Mis kord sulgevad maastiku piire
kord jälle avavad tee
valguse väele

Ja heidavad vikerkaareväravaid
üle pestud metsade
nukra sära

Mis nüüd tuhmunud on ja vaikinud
nagu ka rändlinnuparvede hääl
merest mereni kostev

Ja merest mereni nüüd ulatub vaikus
kummardudes hõõguva pilvena
üle liikumatu vee

Süttides esimese kahvatu tähena
selle mälestusteta maa
tühja saare üle

Mis kaotab pimeda tulles piirid
ulatudes juba kaugele
väljapoole ennast

Sest pole kes tulesid tähiseks seaks
ta äärtele
ta pikka tühja randa

Ja nõnda eksleb see saar
mööda omaenda vaikust

Mille otsatust märgivad öös
siin-seal vilkuvad
tirtsude lühidad hääled

Mis nagu kordaksid üha
insula deserta insula deserta
insula deserta

© Tõnu Õnnepalu
From: Ithaka
Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1988
Audio production: Eesti Kirjanduse Teabekeskus
Categories: travel, landscape, water

Translations:

Language: finnish

INSULA DESERTA

Sadekuurojen valelema tie
lammikot joista kajastuu taivas
pysähtynyt pilvi

Kuperaa peltoa kruunaavat vaahterat
hievahtamatta seisovat purppurassa
ja kullassa

Joka himertää illassa vielä nytkin
kun aurinko on uponnut meren
ja luotojen varjoon

Vieden mennessään varhaissyksyn päivän
tuulten ja sateiden
kohisevat puuskat

Jotka milloin sulkevat maiseman rajat
milloin taas avaavat tien
valon mahdille

Ja sinkoavat sateenkaariportteja
yli pestyjen metsien
surullisen loisteen

Joka nyt on sammunut ja vaiennut
kuten muuttolintuparvien ääni
mereltä merelle kimpoava

Ja mereltä merelle nyt yltää hiljaisuus
kumartuen hehkuvana pilvenä
yli liikkumattoman veden

Syttyen ensimmäisenä kalpeana tähtena
tämän muistottoman maan
aution saaren ylle

Joka pimeän langetessa hävittää rajansa
ja ulottuu jo etäälle
itsensä ulkopuolelle

Sillä ei ole ketään joka sytyttäisi merkkitulet
sen äärille
sen pitkälle tyhjälle rannalle

Ja niin harhaa tämä saari
pitkin omaa hiljaisuuttaan

Jonka äärettömyyttä viitoittavat yössä
siellä täällä vilkkuvat
sirkkojen lyhyet äänet

kuin ne toistamistaan toistaisivat
insula deserta insula deserta
insula deserta

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Tõnu Õnnepalu

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* 13.09.1962, Tallinn, Estonia
lives in: Hiiumaa, Estonia

Tõnu Õnnepalu is one of the most interesting and internationally known Estonian authors. He has published works under the pseudonyms of Emil Tode and Anton Nigov. Õnnepalu made his debut in 1985, with a poetry collection entitled Jõeäärne maja (A Riverside House). In 1993 he published the novel Piiririik (Border State, under the pseudonym Emil Tode); the novel has been translated into 20 languages.

Born in 1962 in Tallinn, Õnnepalu has studied biology at the University of Tartu. He has worked as a teacher of biology and chemistry, as an editor in the literary magazine Vikerkaar and in the Foreign Ministry of Estonia, as the director of the Estonian Institute in Paris. Now he is a freelance writer, translator and journalist living on Hiiumaa Island, Estonia.

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In all his books and under different pseudonyms, Õnnepalu seeks the answers to various crucial human questions covering love and loneliness, sexuality, social life and religious freedom, power over others and betrayal. He is exceptional in writing about nature. 

Publications
  • Ithaka

    poetry

    Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1988

  • Hind

    novel

    Tallinn: Tuum, 1995

  • Mõõt

    poetry, as Emil Tode

    Tallinn: Tuum, 1996

  • Printsess

    novel, as Emil Tode

    Tallinn: Täht, 1997

  • Raadio

    novel, as Emil Tode

    Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2002

  • Harjutused

    novel, as Anton Nigov

    Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2002

  • Jõeäärne maja

    poetry

    Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1985

  • Piiririik

    novel, as Emil Tode

    Tallinn: Tuum, 1993

  • Enne heinaaega ja hiljem

    poetry and poetry translations, 1983-2005

    Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2005

  • Flandria päevik

    novel

    Tallinn: Varrak, 2007

  • Paradiis

    novel

    Tallinn: Varrak, 2009

  • Kevad ja suvi ja

    poetry

    Tallinn: Varrak, 2009

  • Ainus armastus

    essays

    Tallinn: Varrak, 2011

  • Mandala

    novel

    Tallinn: Varrak, 2011

  • Kuidas on elada

    poetry

    Tallinn: Varrak, 2012

  • Vennas

    play

    Tallinn: Eesti Draamateater, 2014

  • Lõpetuse ingel

    essays

    Tallinn: Kultuurileht, 2015

  • Sel maal

    poetry

    Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1990

  • Klaasveranda

    poetry

    Tallinn: Varrak, 2016

  • Valede kataloog. Inglise aed

    novel

    Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2017

  • Mitta

    poetry in Finnish, translated by Katja Meriluoto

    Helsinki: Parkko, 2019

  • Pariis. 25 aastat hiljem

    travelogue

    Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2019

  • Lõpmatus

    essays

    Tallinn: EKSA, 2019

  • Aaker

    travelogues

    Tallinn: EKSA, 2019

  • Pimeduse tunnil

    poetry

    Tallinn: EKSA, 2020

  • Viimane sõna

    essays

    Tallinn: Paradiis, 2021

  • Palk

    essays

    Tallinn: Paradiis, 2021

Awards
  • 1994 Baltic Assembly Prize

  • 1995 Estonian Cultural Endowment's Award for Prose

  • 1997 Friedebert Tuglas Short Story Award

  • 2002 Estonian Cultural Endowment´s Essay Award

  • 2007 Estonian Cultural Endowment's Essay Award

  • 2007 Juhan Liiv Poetry Award

  • 2010 National Cultural Award of the Republic of Estonia

  • 2011 Estonian Cultural Endowment's Essay Award

  • 2015 Estonian Cultural Endowment's Drama Award

  • 2018 Estonian Cultural Endowment´s Essay Award

  • 2018 Eduard Vilde Literary Award

Links
  • Tõnu Õnnepalu@Estonian Literature Centre

    Website

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