Maarja Kangro is an Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

n poet, short story writer and librettist.

Life

She is the daughter of composer Raimo Kangro and author Leelo Tungal

Leelo Tungal

Leelo Tungal is an Estonian poet, children's literature author, editor and librettist.-Life:She studied Estonian literature at the University of Tartu. After her graduation, she has worked as a teacher, editor, drama and literature consultant for the Estonian Puppet Theatre, and as a freelance...

. She studied English at the University of Tartu

University of Tartu

The University of Tartu is a classical university in the city of Tartu, Estonia. University of Tartu is the national university of Estonia; it is the biggest and highest-ranked university in Estonia...

 and is currently a PhD student in cultural studies at the University of Tallinn. She has written several libretti for Estonian composers and has translated from Italian, English, German, and other languages (among others Giacomo Leopardi

Giacomo Leopardi

Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi was an Italian poet, essayist, philosopher, and philologist...

, Andrea Zanzotto

Andrea Zanzotto

-Biography:Andrea Zanzotto was born in Pieve di Soligo , Italy to Giovanni and Carmela Bernardi.His father, Giovanni , had received degrees from the École supèrieure de peinture at Brussels and the Academy of Fine Arts at Bologna...

, Valerio Magrelli

Valerio Magrelli

Valerio Magrelli is an Italian poet.He graduated in philosophy at the University of Rome and is an expert in French literature which he has taught and teaches at University of Pisa and University of Cassino...

, Giorgio Agamben

Giorgio Agamben

Giorgio Agamben is an Italian political philosopher best known for his work investigating the concepts of the state of exception and homo sacer....

, Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Hans Magnus Enzensberger , is a German author, poet, translator, and editor. He has also written under the pseudonym Andreas Thalmayr. He lives in Munich.- Life :...

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Books

• 2006 Kurat õrnal lumel (poems)
• 2006 Puuviljadraakon (children’s book)
• 2007 Tule mu koopasse, mateeria (poems)
• 2008 Heureka (poems)
• 2010 Ahvid ja solidaarsus (short stories)
• 2010 Kunstiteadlase jõulupuu (poems)
• 2011 La farfalla dell'irreversibilità (poems)

Libretti and other texts for music

• 1999 Süda, an opera by Raimo Kangro (with Kirke Kangro)
• 2005 Kaubamaja, an opera by Tõnis Kaumann
• 2006 Tuleaed and Mu luiged, mu mõtted, operas by Tõnu Kõrvits http://www.emic.ee/teosed?id=1#t1
• 2007 To Define Happiness, a multimedia work by Gavin Bryars
  Gavin Bryars
  Richard Gavin Bryars is an English composer and double bassist. He has been active in, or has produced works in, a variety of styles of music, including jazz, free improvisation, minimalism, historicism, experimental music, avant-garde and neoclassicism.-Early life and career:Born in Goole, East...
  
   and Peeter Jalakas
• 2008 Monument Muneja-Kukele ehk Kuked ja kanad, a cantata by Timo Steiner
• 2011 Kaks pead, an opera by Timo Steiner

Awards

• 2006 Estonian Children’s Literature Centre’s Best Book of the Year Award (for Puuviljadraakon)
• 2008 Tallinn University Literary Award (for Tule mu koopasse, mateeria)
• 2009 Tallinn University Literary Award (for Heureka)
• 2009 Estonian Cultural Endowment’s Literary Award for poetry :et:Kultuurkapitali kirjanduse sihtkapitali aastapreemia (for Heureka)
• 2011 Estonian Cultural Endowment’s Literary Award for prose :et:Kultuurkapitali kirjanduse sihtkapitali aastapreemia (for Ahvid ja solidaarsus)
• 2011 Friedebert Tuglas Short Story Award (for 48 tundi)

External links

• Biography Estonian Literature Information Centre
• Poems in English http://elm.einst.ee/issue/27/poetry-maarja-kangro/