Estonian haiku

Estonian haiku (Estonian: Eesti haiku) is a short poem in Estonian language which has adopted the form and style of the original Japanese haiku. Estonian haiku was first introduced in 2009.[1] The so-called "Estonian haiku" is shorter than the Japanese one; the syllable count in Japanese haiku is 5+7+5, while Estonian haiku also goes in three lines but only comprises 4+6+4 syllables. Estonian authors claim that this is a distinctively Estonian form.

History

Traditional haiku have been developed in Estonia since 1960s.[2] Andres Ehin (1940–2011) was the most prominent Estonian-language haiku writer of the 20th century; his bilingual English-Estonian collection Moose Beetle Swallow was published in Ireland in 2005.[3] Estonian poets Arvo Mets and Felix Tammi wrote haiku in Russian.[4]

Asko Künnap is credited as the inventor of Estonian haiku. The first collection of Estonian haiku was published in 2010: Estonian Haiku by poets Asko Künnap, Jürgen Rooste, and Karl Martin Sinijärv. An Estonian-language haiku competition was organized at the 2011 Helsinki Book Fair where Estonia was the guest of honor. A selection of Estonian haiku has been published by the Estonian Writers' Union's magazine Looming ("Creation"). Estonian haiku have been actively translated into Finnish.

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References
  1. Eesti haiku trohheuse ja muude loomadega Archived 2013-12-27 at the Wayback Machine. Sirp, Maarja Kangro, 2010. Issue 23 (3303)
  2. Koht ja paik. Eesti Kunstiakadeemia, 2004. Issues 4-5
  3. Munster Literature Centre
  4. Shamrock Haiku Journal No 3, 2007
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