Maie Kalda (19 June 1929 – 8 November 2013) was an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n literary scholar and critic. Kalda was born in

Väike-Maarja Väike-Maarja () is a Populated places in Estonia, small borough () in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Väike-Maarja Parish. The population of Väike-Maarja in January 2023 was 2,155 people. Väike-Maarja Chu ...

, the daughter of the writer

Madde Kalda Madde Kalda (until 1925 Magdalena Alavina, from 1925 to 1936 Magdalena Kalda, – April 6, 1984) was an Estonian writer. Life Madde Kalda was born in Põikma in the Governorate of Estonia in the Russian Empire. She was the daughter of the far ...

. In 1956 she graduated from

Tartu State University The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a Public university, public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.Under and Tuglas Literature Centre Under and Tuglas Literature Centre (, abbreviated UTKK) is a scientific institution, which deals with Estonian literature. The Centre is located in Tallinn, Estonia. The Centre subordinates to Estonian Academy of Sciences. The Centre is named afte ...

. In 1980, she was one of the signatories of the Letter of 40 intellectuals. In 2001 she was awarded the

Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star (; ) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonian citizens and foreigners to give recognition for services rendered to the Estonian state. Design Classes The Order of the White Star ...

, IV class.

Works

* "History of Estonian Literature" (1965-1991). One of the authors * monograph "Debora ja vennad". Tallinn-Tartu: The Research Group of Cultural and Literary Theory, 2010, 472 pp. bout Debora Vaarandi. * "Teet Kallas's Tallinn". – Virve Sarapik, Kadri Tüür (eds), Koht ja paik/Place and Location III. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Arts 14. Tallinn: 2003, pp 379–393. * "Estonian Literary Slum." – Virve Sarapik, Kadri Tüür, Mari Laanemets (eds), Koht ja paik/Place and Location II. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Arts 10. Tallinn: 2002, pp 389–406. * "Über makkaronische Dichtungsart in Estland". – Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences; section A, no 4–5, 1996, pp 1–10. * "Estnischsprachige Übersetzungsanthologien" – eine Auswahl. – Jynos Gulya, Norbert Lossau (eds), Anthologie und interkulturelle Rezeption. Opuscula Fenno-Ugrica Gottingensia Bd VI. Frankfurt am Main: 1994, pp 27–36.

References

1929 births 2013 deaths Estonian literary scholars Estonian literary critics Estonian women literary critics Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class University of Tartu alumni People from Väike-Maarja {{Estonia-academic-bio-stub