- Ilmar Laaban
Ilmar Laaban, (born in
11 December 1921 inTallinn ,Estonia , died in29 November 2000 , Stockholm) was an Estonian poet and publicist.Biography
Ilmar Laaban attended the 1st Tallinn Boys' Gymnasium from 1934 to 1940.
In 1939-1940 and 1941-1942 he studied composition and
piano in TallinnConservatory .In 1940-1943 Laaban studied Romance languages in Tartu University faculty of
philosophy .In 1943 he went to Sweden and continued studying Romance languages and philosophy (1943-1949)Laaban worked as a lecturer in Stockholm University, he was a member of AICA.
Creative life
Ilmar Laaban mainly wrote
surrealistic poetry and was one of the first ones in Estonia to practice that genre.He has written lots of essays and articles on art and literature. Also, he has translated many Estonian poets works to Swedish (examples: A. Alliksaar, B. Alver, J. Kaplinski, V. Luik, P.-E. Rummo) and German (examples: J. Liiv, G. Suits, J. Oks, H. Visnapuu, M. Under).
Works
*"Ankruketi lõpp on laulu algus" (1946)
*"Rroosi Selaviste" (1957)
*"Oma luulet ja võõrast" (1990)
*"Marsyase nahk" (1997)
*"Magneetiline jõgi" (2001)
*"Sõnade sülemid ja sülemite süsteemid" (2004)References
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