Jaak Urmet


Jaak Urmet is an Estonian writer.
Jaak Urmet studied Estonian philology and history at the Tallinn Pedagogical University and from 2002 to 2004 literary theory, graduated as M.A. Urmet participated Tallinna Noored Tegijad from 1998 to 2000 and is a member of Tartu Noorte Autorite Koondis since 2000. From 2006 on, Urmet is a member of the Tallinn Club of Bibliophiles, from 2007 on a member of the Estonian Literary Society and the Estonian Union of Writers.
Urmet started publishing articles, reviews and essays in 1999. In 2000, he made his debut as a poet with the collection "Maaaraamat". From 2001 to 2007 he worked as the editor of Arkaadia, a cultural addendum of Eesti Päevaleht. Wimberg's novel "Lipamäe" is a postmodernist story of a young man who moves from urban area to countryside after the death of his grandfather. The novel shows a blend of realism and phantasy: autobiographic reflections on the last decade of the Soviet era in countryside alternate with magic present. The events take place in a real location - the village of Kaaruka in Järvamaa.
Wimberg's collections of poetry depict autobiographic thoughts. In his works, Wimberg uses innovative orthography of Estonian language.

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