Kairi Look (born 19 April 1983) is an

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writer.

Biography

Kairi Look graduated in 2005

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with a

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, and in 2008 with a

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in human movement sciences and rehabilitative medicine from the

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. She has studied in the same field in Finland and the

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, in Belgium. She has worked as a publisher of

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in Amsterdam and Paris. She writes children´s literature, prose, book critique, and translates fiction from Dutch to Estonian. She has received the annual prize of the literary magazine

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for the best novella (Relapse, Looming nr 12/2017). She is the author of Aabits, a new

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published in 2024 by Koolibri.

Bibliography

Children´s books * ''Leemuripoeg Ville teeb sääred'' (''Ville the Lemur Flies the Coop''), Tänapäev 2012 * ''Peeter, sõpradele Peetrike'' (''Peter – “Pete” to his Friends''), Tänapäev 2014; Koolibri 2022 * ''Lennujaama lutikad ei anna alla'' (''The Airport Bugs Fight On''), Tänapäev 2014, 2017 * ''Piia Präänik kolib sisse'' (''Piia Biscuit Moves In''), Tänapäev, 2015; Koolibri 2022 * ''Sasipäiste printsesside saar'' (''The Isle of Messy-Haired Princesses''), Päike ja Pilv 2016 * ''Härra Klaasi pöörane muuseum'' (''The Kooky Museum of Mr. Glass''), Tallinna Keskraamatukogu 2016 * ''Piia Präänik ja bandiidid'' (''Piia Biscuit and the Bandits''), Tänapäev, 2019 * ''Piia Präänik ja sõnasööbik'' (''Piia Biscuit and the Word-Snatcher''), Koolibri, 2021 * ''Kiludisko'' (''Herring Disco''), Puänt, 2023 * ''Natuke suur'' (''A Little Bit Big''), Koolibri, 2024 Textbooks * ''Aabits. Sõnasööbiku jälgedel'' (''Alphabet Book. On the Tracks of the Word-Snatcher''), Koolibri, 2024 * ''Eesti keele õpik 1. klassile. Sõnasööbiku jälgedel'' (''Estonian language coursebook, 1st grade''), Koolibri, 2025 Prose * ''Tantsi tolm põrandast'' (''Dance the Dust from the Floor''), Loomingu Raamatukogu 2025 (novel) Anthologies (short stories) * Eesti Novell 2020, Eesti Jutt MTÜ * Neue Nordische Novellen VII, Heiner Labonde Verlag 2021 * The Baltic Literary Review: No More Amber 1/2021

Translations

The Airport Bugs Fight On * French: ''Les punaises de l’aéroport font de la résistance'', Le Verger des Hespérides 2019 * Finnish: ''Lentokentän lutikat'', Aviador 2018 * Latvian: ''Lidostas blaktis nepadodas'', Pētergailis 2019 *

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: ''Клопиная книга. Обитатели аэропорта не сдаются'', КПД 2019 Ville the Lemur Flies the Coop * Lithuanian: ''Lemūriukas Vilius iškeliauja'', BaltArt 2019 *

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: ''Ville macht sich auf die Socken'', BaltArt 2013 Piia Biscuit Moves In * Finnish: ''Piia Pikkuleipä muuttaa'', Aviador 2019 *

: ''Пийа Пряник переезжает'', Koolibri 2023 *

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: ''Piia Pierniczek się wprowadza'', Widnokrąg 2023 *

: ''Pia Pfefferminz zieht ein'', Mixtvision 2025 Piia Biscuit and the Bandits * Latvian: ''Pija Prjaņika un bandīti'', Pētergailis 2020 Piia Biscuit and the Word-Snatcher * Latvian: ''Pija Prjaņika un Vārdēdis'', Petergailis 2022 Peter, Petey for friends *

: ''Пеэтер, для друзей Пеэтрике'', Koolibri 2023 A Little Bit Big * Lithuanian: ''Truputį didelis'', Misteris Pinkmanas 2024 * Latvian: ''Mazlietiņ liels'', Liels un mazs 2025

As a translator

* "Milla ja mere lapsed", Eesti Raamat, 2022 (from Dutch, "Lampje" by Annet Schaap, Querido, 2017) * "Kriimik", Eesti Raamat, 2022 (from Dutch, "Floddertje" by Annie M.G. Schmidt, Querido, 1973) * "Mis juhtus Leoga?", Draakon ja Kuu, 2024 (from Dutch, "Dat met Leo" by Stefan Boonen & Melvin, De Eenhoorn, 2020) * "Maailma novell", Eesti Jutt MTÜ, 2024 (from Dutch, "Poep" by Manon Uphoff,

Querido Emanuel Querido (6 August 1871 – 23 July 1943) was a successful Dutch publisher as the founder and owner of N.V. Em. Querido Uitgeversmaatschappij, which published Dutch titles, and of , which published titles of German writers in exile from N ...

, 2020)

Awards

* 2012 Children's Story Competition "My First Book", 3rd place (''Ville the Lemur Flies the Coop'') * 2014 Children's Story Competition "My First Book", 1st place (''The Airport Bugs Fight On'') * 2014 Good Children’s Book (''The Airport Bugs Fight On'') * 2015 Good Children’s Book (''Piia Biscuit Moves In'') * 2015 Tartu Prize for Children’s Literature (Childhood Prize) (''Peter – “Pete” to his Friends'') * 2018

magazine annual prize for the best short story (''Relapse'', Looming nr 12/2017) * 2022 National Writer's Stipend (2023-2025) * 2024 5 Best-Designed Estonian Children’s Books Award (''Herring Disco'') * 2024 Good Children's Book (''Herring Disco'') * 2025 25 Best-Designed Estonian Books Award (''A Little Bit Big'') * 2025 Good Children’s Book (''A Little Bit Big'') * 2025 Bologna BRAW „Amazing Bookshelf” (''A Little Bit Big'') * 2025 The most beautiful Estonian book in the Baltics (''A Little Bit Big'')

Nominations

* 2014 – Culture Endowment of Estonia Annual Children's Literature Award (''Airport bedbugs fight on'') * 2015 – Culture Endowment of Estonia Annual Children's Literature Award (''Piia Biscuit moves in'') * 2017 - Tartu Children's literature Award (''The Kooky Museum of Mr Glass'') * 2019 – Culture Endowment of Estonia Annual Children's Literature Award (''Piia Biscuit and the bandits'') * 2020 - Tartu Children's Literature Award (''Piia Biscuit and the bandits'') * 2022 – Book of the Year, best Estonian children's book (''Piia Biscuit and the Letter Snatcher'') * 2022 – Book of the Year, best translated children's book (''Lampje'' by Annet Schaap) * 2022 – Babel Tower translation award (''Lampje'' by Annet Schaap) * 2023 – Book of the Year, best Estonian children's book (''Herring Disco'') * 2024 – Babel Tower translation award (''Dat met Leo'' by Stefan Boonen) * 2025 – Culture Endowment of Estonia Annual Children's Literature Award (''A Little Bit Big'')

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Look, Kairi 1983 births Living people Estonian children's writers Estonian women children's writers University of Tartu alumni University of Amsterdam alumni 21st-century Estonian women writers Writers from Tallinn