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Leelo Tungal

Kõige lühem raamat

  • 1 Mitmekülgne hüljes | Translations: filv
  • 2 Kallis koer | Translations: defisr
  • 3 Sama laps | Translations: fi
  • 4 Kõige lühem raamat | Translations: lvnorusr
  • 5 ***[Kõik sõbrauksed enesele naelutand] | Translations: deeo
  • 6 Krokodill | Translations: derusr
  • 7 Vat! | Translations: ru
  • 8 Telelaps | Translations: ru
  • 9 ***[Vastu mu öökülma akent] | Translations: fr
  • 10 ***[Põleda rõõmust ja harjuda korraga] | Translations: fr
  • 11 Refrään | Translations: fr
  • 12 Üks vaikus | Translations: it
Language: estonian
Translations: latvian (Visīsākā grāmata), norwegian (Den kortaste boka ), russian (Самая короткая книга), serbian (Najkraća knjiga)
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Kõige lühem raamat

Koerliblikas on kõige lühem raamat –
kaks lehte, millest lapsed aru saavad
(ja mõned suuredki, kui neil on huvi)
“Hurraa, on suvi! Kirju südasuvi!”

© Leelo Tungal
Audio production: Eesti Kirjanduse Teabekeskus [Estonian Literature Centre]
Categories: poetry for children, nature, summer

Translations:

Language: latvian

Visīsākā grāmata

Taurenītis raibenītis – visīsākā grāmata –
divas lappuses, ko bērni lasa, skata
(pieaugušie arī to itin labi zina):
„Urrrāā, vasara klāt! Raibā vasarina!“

No igauņu valodas atdzejojis Guntars Godiņš
Language: norwegian

Den kortaste boka

Neslesommarfuglen er den kortaste boka –
to sider, som barna kan lese lett
(og somme store, om dei bryr seg)
"Hurra, det er sommar! Ein spraglete sommar!"

Omsett av Øyvind Rangøy
Language: russian

Самая короткая книга

Бабочка! Ты книжка –
короче нет на свете!
Два листика, понятные
любим на свете детям
и взрослым
(если только им интересно это),
а там – всего три слова:
„Ура, настало лето!“

Перевёл Михаил Яснов
Language: serbian

Najkraća knjiga

Leptire! Knjižica si – na svijetu kraće nije!
Dva listića, na svijetu đeci ništa shvatljivije,
i odraslim (ako im je vrijedno pažnje sve to),
u njoj tamo – tri riječi samo: “Ura, stiglo ljeto!”

S ruskog na crnogorski jezik prepjevao Dušan Đurišić. “Neobično i tome slično”, 2012
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Leelo Tungal

photo © Jüri J. Dubov
* 22.06.1947, Tallinn, Estonia
lives in: Tallinn, Estonia

Leelo Tungal is a poet, prose writer and translator. She has written more than 70 books for children and young people, both prose and poetry, and 12 poetry collections for adults.  

Tungal made her debut at the age of 18 during the "golden sixties". Her early works are characterized by a bright sense of nature rich in nuances. Angsts and hopes, as well as a sensitive and immediate sharing in social changes all arise in Tungal's poems published in the late 80s. In the early 90s, hesitations and sometimes dark moods are expressed in her poetry collections. In the 2000s, Tungal has moved towards a more distanced perspective and an analytic tone. 

 photo © Jüri J. Dubov
The chief editor of the younger children’s magazine Hea Laps, Tungal loves humour. She is a popular author of song lyrics and has created several opera libretti. Tungal has translated poetry primarily from Russian (Bella Akhmadulina, Maya Borissova, Marina Chvetayeva) and Finnish, but also Bulgarian and Polish. 

Leelo Tungal´s novels Seltsimees laps ja suured inimesed (Comrade Kid and the Grown-Ups, 2008), Samet ja saepuru (Velvet and Sawdust, 2009) and Naisekäe puudutus ehk Seltismees laps ja isa (A Woman´s Touch: Comrade Kid and Dad, 2018) are based on memories from her childhood during the first half of the 1950s.

Publications
  • Kummaliselt kiivitajad kurtsid

    poetry

    Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1966

  • Õitsev kuristik

    poetry

    Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1974

  • Müüdita

    poetry

    Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1977

  • Raamat ja kask

    poetry

    Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1979

  • Tedremäng

    poetry

    Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1982

  • Valguse aine

    poetry

    Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1986

  • Ainus kangelastegu on naeratus

    poetry

    Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1991

  • Ei nime, ei hinda

    poetry

    Tallinn: Monokkel, 1993

  • Käsi on valge ja süsi on must

    poetry

    Tallinn: Sild, 2002

  • Täisminevik

    poetry

    Tallinn: Tänapäev, 2007

  • Seltsimees laps ja suured inimesed

    novel

    Tallinn: Tänapäev, 2008

  • Samet ja saepuru ehk Seltsimees laps ja kirjatähed

    novel

    Tallinn: Tänapäev, 2009

  • Südasuvi. Luulet lastele 1972-2012

    collected poetry for children

    Tallinn: Tammerraamat, 2012

  • Teeleht. Valik luuletusi 1963-2017

    chosen poetry

    Tallinn: Tammerraamat, 2017

  • Halloo!

    poetry for children

    Tallinn: Tammerraamat, 2017

  • Naisekäe puudutus ehk Seltsimees laps ja isa

    novel

    Tallinn: Tänapäev, 2018

Awards
  • 2015 Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann Language Prize

  • 2010–2014 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award candidate

  • 2010 IBBY Honour List

  • 1997 Cultural Endowment of Estonia Annual Award for Literature, Children's and Youth literature

  • 2018 Estonian Cultural Endowment’s Award for Children Literature

  • 2019 Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature

  • 2019 Estonian National Lifetime Achivement Award for Culture

Links
  • Leelo Tungal@Estonian Literature Centre

    Website
  • Leelo Tungal @ Estonian Children's Literature Centre

    Website

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