What is Ain Kaalep?
[[File:Ain Kaalep 2000.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Kaalep in 2000]] '''Ain Kaalep''' (4 June 1926 – 9 June 2020) was an Estonian poet, playwright, literary critic and translator. ==Life== He was born in [[Tartu]], Estonia. Kaalep was a member of the [[Congress of Estonia]]. From 1989 to 2001, Kaalep was the editor-in-chief of the journal ''[[Akadeemia]]''. In 2002, he was briefly a professor of Liberal Arts at the [[University of Tartu]]. Kaalep died on 9 June 2020 in Tartu from problems caused by [[Alzheimer's disease]], aged 94.<ref>[https://www.delfi.ee/news/paevauudised/eesti/94-aastasena-suri-ain-kaalep?id=90135721 94-aastasena suri Ain Kaalep] {{in lang|et}}</ref> ==Works== [[File:Ain Kaalep 2010 03 30 cropped.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Kaalep in 2010]] * ''Aomaastikud'' (1962) * ''Samarkandi vihik'' (poetry, 1962) * ''Iidamast ja Aadamast ehk Antimantikulaator'' (play, 1967) * ''Järvemaastikud'' (1968) * ''Mäe veri (Totomauna)'' (play, 1970) * ''Klaasmaastikud'' (1971) * ''Paani surm ja teisi luuletusi'' (1976) * ''Peegelmaastikud'' (I 1976, II 1980) * ''Kuldne Aphrodite ja teisi luuletusi'' (1986) * ''Maavallast ja maailmakirjandusest'' (essays and literary criticism, 1984) * ''Minu silmad ja sinu silmad'' (play, 1965) * ''Kolm Lydiat'' (essays and literary criticism, 1997) * ''Haukamaa laulu'' (1999) * ''Jumalatosin'' (2008) * ''Muusad ja maastikud. Luuletusi aastaist 1945–2008'' (2008) ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.estinst.ee/est/estonian-literary-magazine/article/elm-22011/view/gb/ Ain Kaalep and the Golden Aphrodite], ''Estonian Literary Magazine'', 2/2011, 10-14. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaalep, Ain}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Estonian poets]] [[Category:Playwrights]] [[Category:Estonian translators]] [[Category:Estonian educators]] [[Category:Literary critics]] [[Category:Essayists]] [[Category:Editors]] {{bio-stub}}