Jan Kaus
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Life and work
Jan Kaus studied education and philosophy in TallinnTallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
. In 1995, he took his teacher's examination.
Kaus currently works as poetry and prose writer and publicist. In addition, he also works as a literary critic, essayist, visual artist, guitarist and translator from English and Finnish.
From 1998 to 2001 Kaus was the editor of the Estonian literary weekly "Sirp". From 2004 to 2007 he was chairman of the Estonian Writers' Union
Estonian Writers' Union
The Estonian Writers Union , is a professional association of Estonian writers and literary critics.-History:...
(Estonian Eesti Kirjanike liit). Since 2007, he again worked at Sirp.
Jan Kaus is an accurate and shrewd, sometimes sarcastic observer of Estonia, the New Economy
New Economy
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and the Internet age. His poetry and prose takes up the social problems in Estonia in the 21 Century.
Works
- Üle ja ümber (novellas, 2000)
- Maailm ja mõni (novel, 2001)
- Õndsate tund (novellas, 2003)
- Läbi Minotauruse (collection of essays, 2003)
- Tema (novel, 2005)
- Miniatuurid (short stories, 2009)
- Hetk (novel, 2009)