![]() ![]() ![]() “He is most appreciated for his novels – for “ Rehepapp ehk November” ( November, 2000), and “ Mees, kes teadis ussisõnu” ( The Man Who Spoke Snakish, 2007), literary fantasies based on folklore, the last of them an allegory about a vanishing world.” His book “ Mees, kes teadis ussisõnu” ( The Man Who Spoke Snakish) (2007) has been one of the top selling books in Estonia. Over 30,000 copies of his novel “ Rehepapp ehk November“, 2000 ( Old Barny or November) had been sold, making him the most popular 21st century Estonian writer. Kivirähk has studied journalism at the University of Tartu, and now works in the daily paper “Eesti Päevaleht”, writing weekly columns. He is a virtuoso who can easily shift from one style to another, producing short stories, newspaper columns, pamphlets and dramatic texts, writing for children and for TV, varying black humour with even unexpected tender sensitivity, making one smile through one’s tears.”Īndrus Kivirähk (born 17 August 1970) is an Estonian writer. ![]() ![]() “ Andrus Kivirähk is a most remarkably prolific, innovative and powerful figure on the Estonian literary scene of today, probably the most beloved and talented Estonian writer nowadays. ![]()
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