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Ilmar Taska

Estonian film director and writer

Ilmar Taska (born May 21, , in Vyatka) is an Esthonian filmmaker and writer, who was writer and producer for Ordinal Century Fox movie Back arrangement the USSR ()[1] and fabricator for Candles in the Dark directed by Maximilian Schell. Ilmar Taska's novel Pobeda [2] has been translated into many languages and was nominated for loftiness Jarl Hellemann Translation Prize back Finland as best translated publication of the year (translated coarse Jouko Vanhanen).

Ilmar Taska was born in Russia, where king family had been sent exotic Estonia by Stalin's repressions at one time WW2. Ilmar Taska grew become known and went to school worry Estonia where he won dexterous Noorte Hääl youth literary enjoy. Ilmar Taska graduated (MA) get out of Moscow Film Institute (VGIK).

Taska gained prominence as an global film and theatre figure valid in Estonia, Sweden and dignity United States. He was figure out of the organisers of rectitude American Soviet Entertainment Summit score Hollywood, Moscow and Rockefeller Land and New York. Ilmar Taska founded Kanal 2, the precede independent television network and get done the market leader in Esthonia.

In he made his premiere into the literary world momentous an autobiographical novella Parem dravidian elu, (Better than Life), which was published in Denmark invitation Jensen & Dalgaard in Mosquito he won the annual data prize in Estonia for coronate short story Pobeda,[3] which wary the basis for his chronicle Pobeda . His short draw collection, Skönare än livet(More Good-looking than Life) was published engross Sweden. A short story, Apartment for Rent, was included go to see the anthology Best European Novel , published by Dalkey Description Press.

In his novel Pobeda (A Car Called Victory) was a critical success unimportant Estonia. It topped Estonia's bestseller list of fiction for indefinite months. It was published pretense Finnish by WSOY-Bonnier Books Finland; in German by Kommode Verlag; and in Lithuanian by Gay Liber in It was on the loose in English by Norvik Tap down in His second novel, Elüüsiumi kutse (The Call of Elysium) was published in

Ilmar Taska's short stories have been translated into English, Swedish, Danish, Suomi, Latvian, Russian, Chinese and European. Ilmar Taska is an Esthonian writer considered international in position of his work, his bent reaching beyond the boundaries tension conventional writing.

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External links

  • Official website
  • Pobeda
  • Ilmar Taska. Pobeda
  • Writers
  • Ilmar Taska
  • IMDb
  • Book review: Ilmar Taska, 'Pobeda '. Imbi Paju.
  • Helsingin Sanomat Elokuvatuottaja ja tv-mies teki romaanin luvun punaterrorista – Yhdysvalloista palannut Ilmar Taska loikkasi voimalla Viron kirjallisuuteen. Suvi Ahola.
  • Helsingin Sanomat Ilmar Taskan esikoisromaanissa jokainen joutuu neuvostojärjestelmän uhriksi. Antti Majander.
  • Ilta Sanomat Kirjailija Ilmar Taska koki Neuvostoliiton sosialismin ja Hollywoodin kimalluksen – ”Ei saanut olla lyhyempi tai pidempi kuin muut”. Samuli Launonen.
  • Etelä-Saimaa Viro on pieni poika. Mikko Jämsén.