Urve Karuks
Urve Karus | |
|---|---|
| Born | Urve Ambos 18 January 1936 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Died | 18 July 2015 (aged 79) Toronto, Canada |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Relatives | Voldemar Aasoja (father) |
Urve Karuks (née Ambos, later changed to Aasoja; 18 January 1936 – 18 July 2015) was a Canadian-Estonian poet and translator. She was known for her contribution to exile literature and was a member of the Foreign Estonian Writers' Union and the Estonian PEN-Club.
Biography
Karuks was born on 18 January 1936 in Tallinn, Estonia.[1][2] Her father was soldier Voldemar Aasoja [et], who was murdered in 1943.[3] She had a brother named Ülo.[4] In 1944, during World War II, Karuks fled to Germany with her remaining family, where she lived in refugee camps in Stubben, Schwarzenbek and Lingen.[1][2] She began her education in the refugee camps and started writing poetry at age 12.[5]
In 1951, Karuks and her family emigrated to Toronto, Canada.[2] In Canada, Karuks was a member of the Estonian Society of Women Students [et] (Estonian: Eesti Naisüliõpilaste Selts). She was educated at the Jarvis Collegiate Institute high school, then studied sociology at the University of Toronto.[1][2][6]
Karuks published her first poems in the literary journal Mana in 1964.[7] She wrote in Estonian, English and German[1] and her poetry covered typical exile literature themes such as nostalgia for Estonia's past.[8][9]
Karuks received the Literary Prize of Canadian Estonians in 1969[1] and the laureate title of the Cultural Foundation of the Estonian Arts Center (Estonian: Eesti Kunstide Keskus) [et].[2] Karuks was a member of the Foreign Estonian Writers' Union from 1975, and the Estonian PEN-Club.[1]
Karuks was married to a man named Ergo and had two children, Alar and Linda.[4] She died on 18 July 2015 in Toronto, Canada, aged 78.[5][4]
Select publications
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Urve Karuks". Estonian Writers' Online Dictionary. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Urve Karuks | 18.01.1936 - 18.07.2015". Eesti Elu (in Estonian). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ "Eesti Sõna 17 august 1943". DIGAR Eesti artiklid (in Estonian). Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Obituary". Toronto Star. 1 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Suri väliseesti luuletaja Urve Karuks". Ohtuleht (in Estonian). 19 July 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ "Mida teame Urvest?". Estonian World Review (in Estonian). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ Books Abroad. Vol. 43. University of Oklahoma. 1969. p. 141.
- ↑ Weber, Harry Butler (1984). The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet Literature: Epic north caucasian: the narts-fonvizin. Academic International Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-87569-070-4.
- ↑ Hetzer, Armin (2006). Estnische Literatur: eine historische Übersicht (in German). Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 131. ISBN 978-3-447-05466-9.
- ↑ Zirin, Mary; Livezeanu, Irina; Worobec, Christine D.; Farris, June Pachuta (26 March 2015). Women and Gender in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia: A Comprehensive Bibliography Volume I: Southeastern and East Central Europe (Edited by Irina Livezeanu with June Pachuta Farris) Volume II: Russia, the Non-Russian Peoples of the Russian. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-45196-9.