| poet and prose-writer. Most of her many books published so far are poetry collections, although her collection of short stories, Püha Maama (Saint Mama, 2008) confirmed her position as a prose-writer. Viiding’s poetic manner and attitude to fiction clearly stand out, primarily because her poetry is distinctly social-critical, examining different ideologies and stereotypes, often fighting them almost methodically. Her poetry is also remarkable because it does not want to entertain the mind but – in the words of the poet Jürgen Rooste – to dissect it; make incisions into consciousness with a surgical knife, leaving scars that heal slowly and painfully. | | |
Sat, 8th of May 18:00
| In the Liberty Square |
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