Ene Mihkelson (21 October 1944 in

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, Imavere Parish,

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– 20 September 2017 in Tartu) was an Estonian writer. She was a recipient of the Herder Prize and the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature.

Education

Mihkelson studied

literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

after completing her

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. She worked as a

teacher A teacher, also called a schoolteacher or formally an educator, is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence, or virtue, via the practice of teaching. ''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. whe ...

and then as a researcher for the

Estonian Literary Museum The Estonian Literary Museum (ELM; et, Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum), is a national research institute of the Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Estonia. Its mission is to improve the cultural heritage of Estonia, to collect, prese ...

Literature

Mihkelson wrote throughout her life. She published her first literary piece in 1967. However, her first collection of

poem Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in ...

s did not appear until 1978. Her father opposed the Soviet Union, Soviet forces in Estonia in the middle of the 20th century. The authorities, therefore, did not approve of her. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, Mihkelson has published ten poetry anthologies. Her poetry lacks meter, rhythm and rhyme, but contains surprising inversion (linguistics), inversions. It is known for its intensity, allegory, allegorical content and metaphysics, metaphysical topics. Mihkelson has also published four novels, a selection of critical essays (''Kirjanduse seletusi'', or ''Explanations of Literature'') and a collection of short stories (''Surma sünnipäev'', or ''The Birthday of Death''). IN 2001 she published the novel ''Ahasveeruse uni''. Mihkelson's works frequently include allusions to her childhood, spent in hiding, Estonian mythology, and History of Estonia, Estonian history. In 2006, she was awarded the Herder Prize and in 2010, the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature.

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