Maarja Vaino
Maarja Vaino | |
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 Maarja Vaino at the 2021 Literary Street Festival | |
| Born | Maarja Helme April 24, 1976 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Nationality | Estonian |
| Occupation | Literary scholar |
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| Relatives | Martin Helme (brother) Kalju Reitel (grandfather) |
Maarja Vaino (née Maarja Helme; born April 24, 1976)[1] is an Estonian literary scholar.[2][3] Since 2017, she has been the director of the Tallinn Literature Center.
Early life and education
[edit]Maarja Vaino was born in Tallinn, Estonia, the daughter of the art historian Sirje Helme and the politician Mart Helme. She is the twin sister of the politician Martin Helme.[4]
Vaino graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical University with a bachelor's degree in Estonian philology, and she defended her dissertation cum laude in Estonian literary and cultural studies at Tallinn University in 2011; her dissertation title was Irratsionaalsuse poeetika A. H. Tammsaare loomingus (The Poetics of Irrationalism in the Work of A. H. Tammsaare, supervised by Rein Veidemann).[5][6] The dissertation received the main prize across disciplines and levels in the national student research paper competition,[7] and it was selected as the best dissertation of 2012 in the humanities dissertation category in the Tallinn University student research paper competition. An expanded version of the dissertation intended for a broader audience was published as the book Tammsaare irratsionaalsuse poeetika (Tammsaare's Poetics of Irrationalism).[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Maarja Vaino". Estonian Research Information System. Ministry of Education and Research. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
- ^ Vaino, Maarja (2016). "Insanity in Estonian Literature". Estonian Literary Magazine. 1. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
- ^ Vaino, Maarja (June 26, 2024). "Maarja Vaino: A Summer of Reading". ERR. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
- ^ "Maarja Vaino: I Don't Take Attacks on Helme Family Personally". ERR. November 21, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
- ^ Merilai, Arne (2012). "Irratsionaalne Tammsaare" (PDF). Keel ja kirjandus. 1 (5): 382–384. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
- ^ Vaino, Maarja (2011). Irratsionaalsuse poeetika A. H. Tammsaare loomingus. Tallinn: Tallinna Ülikool. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
- ^ "Üliõpilaste teadustööde riiklik konkursi 2012. a tulemused" (PDF). Eesti Teadusagentuur. Tallinn: Eesti Teadusagentuur. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
- ^ Vaino, Maarja (2016). Tammsaare irratsionaalsuse poeetika. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus. ISBN 9789985796641.