Toomas Vint Explained

Toomas Vint (born 5 March 1944 in Tallinn) is an Estonian painter and writer.^[1] He has won the Friedebert Tuglas short story award twice, as well as the Estonian Prose Award.^[2]

Awards

• 1986: Konrad Mägi Prize^[1]
• 2012: Order of the White Star, III class.^[3]

Literary works

• Suitsupilvedes unistus [A dream in clouds of smoke] (poetry collection, 1968)
• Perekondlikud mängud [Family games] (short story, 1977)
• Kojamehe naine [Housekeeper's wife] (novel, 1990)
• Minu abielu prostituudiga [My marriage to a prostitute] (novel, 2003)
• Üüriline [Tenant] (novel, 2009)
• An Unending Landscape. Translated by Eric Dickens. Dalkey Archive Press, 2012.
• The Sweepstakes of Love. Translated by Matthew Hyde. Dalkey Archive Press, 2016.

Notes and References

1. Web site: EKM Digitaalkogu . digikogu.ekm.ee . 25 May 2021.
2. Web site: The Sweepstakes of Love . Dalkey Archive .
3. Web site: Teenetemärkide kavalerid: Toomas Vint . www.president.ee . 23 May 2021.