Women writer's influence on our society (0)

Women writer 's influence on our society
Estonian women writer's history doesn't go far back . The reason for that is that people were slaves back then. Even if there were writers , then most weren't famous and they wrote poems and stories more for themselves. Also being a woman and a writer wasn't considered as a decent job for a woman at that time. The stories that we have from that time were given to one another by talking and mostly we don't know who were the authors . Education was also very expensive so only rich people could get it and Estonians , who were just farmers, mostly didn't have money for that.
First I am going to talk about Marie Heiberg . She lived 1890-1942. Her first poem collection was „Mure-lapse laulud“ in translation „Problem child's songs “. Her talent was noticed, but she didn't have a change to really become famous. She was in a great penury that made her life really though and she had a gentle soul. Thanks to all that in 1919 she was diagnosed with schizophrenia. She isn't really famous poet in Estonia, but I chose her because when you read her poems you can really feel the pain she has been through. Her poems influenced lots of people with their fresh style and deep and painful content. These made people think about depths of life.
Next writer I am going to talk about is Elisabeth Aspe. She lived in 1860-1927. She was an early realist, back at that time most people wrote about different things. Critics have said that her works were very interesting in many different ways . Her first well- known novel was Stepsister, it's a story about an orphan girl's fate. She describes beginning of the urbanization process a lot. Also, she was one of the first woman writers in Estonia. She wrote about city a lot. You would think that it's just a city, but actually for her it was so much more. For her it was a future vision and she used to word city in more ways than you could ever imagine . She was a little sentimental, wrote about farmers, sailors and citizens life. Thanks to her creation we can learn about Estonia's life and early years of urbanization a lot.
Third writer I am going to talk about is Aino Kallas. She lived 1878- 1902 . Actually she was a Finnish -Estonian writer. She came from Finland and then started writing in Estonian. She has later said that her problem was that she was trying to fix Estonia's problems, although it wasn't something she should have done as she originally was Finnish. She was really scandalous because she published her diaries. In her diaries she wrote about really personal things that most people would never let anyone else read if it were their life. She is also important because she wrote a lot about Hiiumaa . In a matter of fact she also lived on our island , Hiiumaa. One of her stories that talks about Hiiumaa is Hundimõrsija (The Wolf 's bride). It's a werewolf story about 17th century Hiiumaa. The story is rich with archaic, romantic , colourful prose . She was also given an Estonian Red Cross Merit Medal . She was always considered as a smart woman. She also wrote Lydia Koidula's biography . Thanks to her we know a lot about Hiiumaa's history and nature .
Next writer is called Marie Under who lived in 1883-1980. At the beginning she wrote poetry in German because she went to a German school, but when she became older she started writing in Estonian. She started writing when she was only 13 years old and she was also at a very young age when she started reading. She was a lyric poet who wrote about life's different sides . She wrote about things that most of the other people would have never dared to. She was a writer who described nature in a way that no one else had ever done it before . One of her works "Hääl varjust" ("A voice from the shadow ") is a great analyze of society. She was also in a grouping called Siuru that wrote sensory poems. She was the leader of the group and she was called Princess in there . She was the only woman in that grouping. Her poems from her younger years helped people who were same age as she was, get free from restrictions. She influenced other writers with her mature and deep way of seeing the world and usage of traditional form. When she was a refugee, her creations gave people confidence and hope for staying alive while war.
Last writer I am going to talk about is Lydia Koidula. She lived 1843- 1886 and is probably the most important writer in Estonia's history. Her name in translation means Lydia of the Dawn and she is often being referred to as Koidulaulik – Singer of the dawn. One of her most famous work is "Emajõe ööbik" ( Nightingale of the Emajõgi) that was written in 1867. She wrote a lot about patriotism and loving our fatherland. She also started building a library which was a pretty big thing because it was time when it was weird for woman to do such thing. She had a really big role in Estonia becoming independent. She reminded us to stay strong no matter what. Her poems reminded us and remind us these days too, that we always have to love our fatherland. She didn't die in Estonia but her remains were brought to Estonia later.
There are also many things made for Lydia's memory . For example there's a memorial stone for her. In Pärnu there is a memorial museum . It's a house museum and Lydia used to live there when she was a little girl. She was on an Estonia's 100 crown bank note which is a really big thing because she was the only woman that has ever been on a bank note.
Estonian writers have given a big influence to our nowadays writers. They have given motivation to keep writing and inspiration and themes to write about. Some of nowadays writers for example:
Merle Jääger also known as Merca is one of the most original writers of our time. She is really rebellious and is mostly known for her punk poetry. Diana Leesalu writes youth novels and I chose her because I have read her books and these are really well written. Ketlin Priilinn writes for children , teenagers and adults also. I think it's a big thing if you are able to write for people who are from so different age categories.
Women writers have had a great influence on our society, probably bigger that we could ever imagine. They had a big role in getting our independence and they always reminded us to keep fighting, no matter what. They brought us new ways to see and describe nature and everything around us. Also they started using new words and some of these are still in use. They left behind great works to understand the though times. I know that we should always watch for the greater times, but it's also important to know that we have had harder times and not to forget that our free country has come through struggles. And we should never take it for granted . Of course they also helped to develop Estonian culture and education. For example Lydia Koidula brought us Estonian theatre . And all the pieces they wrote are educational in so many ways. I just hope that in the future there is going to be a lot of talented female writers who influence our society, write in our mother tongue and keep our nationality alive.