Kai Aareleid (born 26 September 1972 in

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) is an

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n prose writer, poet and translator. From 1979 to 1990 she attended Tallinn 21st Secondary School. Aareleid attended Theatre Academy Helsinki from 1991 to 1997, studying

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, ultimately receiving a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...

. From 1996 to 2006, she worked as an administrative assistant at the

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office in Tallinn. From 2012 to 2017, she was an editor for the '' Loomingu Raamatukogu''. Aareleid is also a

translator Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''trans ...

, she translated among other

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into

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Awards

Tuglas Short Story Prize

Works

* 2011: novel "Vene veri" ('Russian Blood') * 2012: short story "Tango" * 2015: poetry collection "Naised teel" ('Women on the Road') * 2015: poetry collection "Vihm ja vein" ('Rain and Wine') * 2016: novel "Linnade põletamine" ('The Burning of Cities')

References

External links

Kai Aareleid at Estonian Writers' Online Dictionary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aareleid, Kai Living people 1972 births Estonian translators 21st-century Estonian women writers Estonian women poets 21st-century Estonian poets Tallinn University alumni Writers from Tartu