Tõnu Õnnepalu

***[Selgel vihmajärgsel hommikul märtsis]

Language: estonian

Translations: german (*** [An einem klaren Märzmorgen nach dem Regen]), finnish (***[Selkeänä aamuna sateen lakattua maaliskuussa])

***[Selgel vihmajärgsel hommikul märtsis]

Selgel vihmajärgsel hommikul märtsis
võib äkki paista nagu oleks oktoober

ja meel läheb kurvaks
sest taevas on nii valusalt puhas
ja paplid raagus
ja järsku
ei tea ma midagi
nende pungi paisutavast mahlast
sest mus eneses paisub see kurbusehoog
ja mu matab see jaheda valguse laine
igatsus ja hirm
ja midagi veel
nagu tühi mererand sügisel päikesega oktoobris

olgugi praegu märts

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 and translator.

photo © private

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.

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