Leelo Tungal

Leelo Tungal

Nascimento : 1947-06-22,

História

Leelo Tungal (born 22 June 1947 in Tallinn) is an Estonian poet, children's writer, translator, editor and librettist. Tungal studied Estonian literature at the University of Tartu. After her graduation, she has worked as a teacher, editor, drama and literature consultant for the Estonian Puppet Theatre, and as a freelance writer. In 1994, she founded the children's magazine Hea Laps, and worked as its editor-in-chief until January 2019. She has published over 80 books of prose and poetry for children and young adults, has written several libretti for Estonian composers, and has translated children's poetry and plays from Bulgarian, English, Finnish, Russian, and several other languages. Leelo Tungal was married to composer Raimo Kangro; their children are writer Maarja Kangro, artist Kirke Kangro and cultural critic Anna-Magdaleena Kangro.

Perfil

Leelo Tungal

Filmes

Seltsimees laps
Seltsimees laps
Novel
Em meio a tirania stalinista,a mãe de Leelo de 6 anos, é enviada para um campo de prisioneiros. Assombrada pelas últimas palavras da sua mãe dizendo-lhe para ser um boa criança, Leelo promete estar em seu melhor comportamento no confuso mundo dos adulto na esperança de que isto vá trazer sua mãe de volta.
Miriam by the Lake
Miriam by the Lake
Writer
Miriam goes camping with her family and her chicken, on the lakeside. But a chicken was not made just for swimming and sunbathing. It was made to get in trouble.
Miriam's Picnic
Miriam's Picnic
Writer
The family is on an outing. Mother and father are laying the picnic table, meanwhile the small ones start playing on a meadow. The hen wanders into somebody's vegetable patch and is scared to half-death seeing a scarecrow. Everybody starts looking for her and the little brother encounters a snake. But the hen is brave now and ends up as the hero of the day...