August Kitzberg ( in Laatre Parish,

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– 10 October 1927 in

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) was an

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n writer.

Life

Until 1863, August Kitzberg was known as August Kits. He grew up in Niitsaadu farmstead in Penuja village, Abja Parish (1857–1871), where his brother, Jaak Kits, was a schoolteacher. He worked for a time in

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and present-day

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before moving to

in 1901, where he worked as a manager of the newspaper ''

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''. His early works consisted of comedies and humorous stories of village life. In Tartu, Kitzberg began working with Karl Menning at the Vanemuine Theatre, and his plays developed a component of social criticism. There is a monument and museum dedicated to Kitzberg in Karksi-Nuia. His play, ''Tuulte pöörises'', was chosen for the opening play of the Rakvere Theatre in 1940.

Works

Plays

* ''Punga–Mart ja Uba-Kaarel'' (1894) * ''Sauna Antsu "oma" hobune'' (1894) * ''Püve Peetri "riukad"'' (1897) * ''Veli Henn'' (1901) * ''Räime Reeda 10 kopikat'' (1903) * ''Rätsep Õhk'' (1903) * ''Hennu Veli'' (1904) * ''Tuulte pöörises'' (1906) * '' Libahunt'' (1911/12, filmed in 1968); The Ballet ''Tiina'' by Lydia Auster is based on this work * ''Kaval-Ants ja Vanapagan'' (1912) * ''Kauka jumal'' (1915) * ''Kosjasõit'' (1915) * ''Enne kukke ja koitu'' (1919) * ''Laurits'' (1919) * ''Onu Zipul'' (1922) * ''Neetud talu'' (1923)

Stories

* ''Maimu'' (1889) * ''Külajutud'' (Village Stories, five volumes, 1915–1921) * ''Tiibuse Jaak Tiibuse kirjavahetus'' (two volumes, 1920/1923, under pseudonym Tiibuse Jaak Tiibus)

Memoir

* ''Vana "tuuletallaja" noorpõlve mälestused'' (two volumes, 1924/25)

References

*
August Kitzberg biographical sketch

External links

* 1855 births 1927 deaths People from Mulgi Parish People from Valmiera county Writers from the Russian Empire 19th-century Estonian writers Estonian male short story writers Estonian dramatists and playwrights {{estonia-writer-stub