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Tõnu Õnnepalu


Born
in Tallinn, Estonia
September 13, 1962

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Genre
Fiction, Poetry


An Estonian author and poet who also writes as Emil Tode and Anton Nigov.

Õnnepalu was born in Tallinn and studied biology at the University of Tartu from 1980 to 1985. He began his writing career as a poet in 1985 and has published three collections of his works. In 1993 he garnered international attention when his novel Piiririik (English translation: "Border State") was published under his pen name 'Emil Tode'. The book was translated into 14 languages and became the most translated Estonian book of the 1990s. That year, he received the annual literary award given by the Baltic Assembly.
Õnnepalu's work often explores topics such as homosexuality, isolation and betrayal.

In 1992, his poem "Inquiétude du Fini" was performed as a choral piece ...more

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Piiririik
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Valede kataloog. Inglise aed
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Aaker
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Lõpmatus. Esimene kevad
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Lõpetuse ingel (Loomingu Ra...
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Õhtupäike väikestel majadel
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“Tunnustus on omaksvõtt selle poolt, keda sa ise tunnustad.”
― Tõnu Õnnepalu, Ainus armastus. Valik esseid
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“That really is the only important thing in art... that it has love. And hate, too. But there's no hate if there's no love. I'll tell you the kind of thing that maybe no one has ever told you; you've loved a lot. You probably aren't able to appreciate it, nor should you be, but actually that's the most important thing.”
― Tõnu Õnnepalu, Raadio
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“There is no literature anymore, there are just single books that arrive in bookstores, just as letters, newspapers, advertising pamphlets arrive in mailboxes.”
― Tonu Onnepalu, Border State
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