- Peeter Sauter
Peeter Sauter (born 1962) is an Estonian
actor andauthor .Literature
Sauter made his
literary debut in 1988 in theEstonia n magazine "Vikerkaar" ("Rainbow"). He sent in a briefprose piece for one-time publication. The editor of the magazine recalls it as "trash", but truly likeable. [http://www.einst.ee/literary/autumn98/07sauter.htm]Sauter is famous for writing many brief stories seemingly without a beginning or an end. In 1990, he published a collection of them in the book "Indigo". This was followed by a bulkier collection titled "Loafing". Sauter says that the protagonist in these short pieces is his contemporary and is aging with him. [http://www.einst.ee/literary/autumn98/07sauter.htm]
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"Kõhuvalu" ("Stomachache"), a short story by Sauter, has created a great deal of controversy in post-
Soviet Estonia . The topic addressed by "Stomachache" is giving birth. Birth is considered sacred by manyEstonians . In light of this opinion, the story is considered crude. The story won the Tuglas Short Story Award nevertheless.Sauter's poem, "A Short After-Dinner Speech on the Occasion of the Anniversary of the Republic of Estonia, Having Remained Sitting on the Privy Seat at the Sobering Centre for Too Long", is also considered controversial. It also takes a serious topic (this time, the anniversary of
Estonia 's independence) and addresses it with humor.ources
* [http://www.einst.ee/literary/autumn98/07sauter.htm Estonian Literary Magazine]
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