graduated from Tartu University in 1983 in Roman-Germanic philology, worked in the cultural weekly Sirp from 1978–1993 and 1997–2002. From 1992 to 2008 the Secretary-General of Estonian National Commission for UNESCO in Estonia, from 2009 the Chief Editor of family journal Meie Pere.
Published 12 collections of poetry, one book of children`s literature and one book of essays, received two national cultural prizes and numerous literary prizes. Books of her poetry have appeared in Russian, Latvian, Swedish, Thai, has also been translated into French, English, German, Dutch, Hindi, Norwegian, Finnish, Czech, Slovenic, Polish, Welsh, Scottish, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Romanian, Irish, Greek and Hebrew. Her writing has been set to music, dance and theatre by various artists in Sweden, Belgium, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Canada, Greece, Thailand, Estonia.
Has translated poetry, plays and essays (Ahmatova, Auden, Beckett, Brodsky, Dickinson, Gibran, Kabir, Shakespeare etc), compiled anthologies, written essays and articles, texts for classical music and theatre. | | |
| Thu, 6th of May 17:00 | In the festival marquee | | Sat, 8th of May 17:00 | In the Liberty Square |
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