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Meie Mats, named after an Estonian folk song, is a prestigious yearly humour award issued since 1987 and originally initiated by Edgar Spriit, the chief editor of Pikker , a long-time Estonian humour magazine. [1] The award is customarily announced on April 1, the April Fools' Day, and it can only be awarded to any person once, in recognition of his life work in the field of humour, satire and comedy.
Estonian mythology is a complex of myths belonging to the Estonian folk heritage and literary mythology. Information about the pre-Christian and medieval Estonian mythology is scattered in historical chronicles, travellers' accounts and in ecclesiastical registers. Systematic recordings of Estonian folklore started in the 19th century. Pre-Christian Estonian deities may have included a god known as Jumal or Taevataat in Estonian, corresponding to Jumala in Finnish, and Jumo in Mari.
Edgar Valter was an Estonian graphic artist, caricaturist, writer and illustrator of children's books, with over 250 books to his name, through 55 years of activity (1950–2005). His most famous work is Pokuraamat.
Sulev Nõmmik was an Estonian theatre and movie director, actor, humorist and comedian. He's mostly associated with the comical character of Kärna Ärni and the related fictional village of Uduvere, but he was also influential in writing scripts for several well-known movies, including Mehed ei nuta, Siin me oleme! and Noor pensionär.
Priit Aimla is an Estonian writer, poet, humorist and politician known for several stage plays and books. During 1992 to 1995, he belonged to the VII Riigikogu, having been elected as a member of the Independent Royalist Party of Estonia; later, he switched to the Estonian Centre Party and was elected as a member of VIII Riigikogu. Since 1999, he has been a member of the Estonian Social Democratic Party.
Olaf Kopvillem was a prominent Estonian World War II refugee. Having settled in Canada, he engaged in the organisation of Estonian exile activities there, and is known for his numerous humorous covers of well-known songs.
Meie Mees is a popular Estonian pop band, known for their cover versions of international hits with Estonian lyrics.
Raimo Aas is an Estonian humorist.
Pikker was an Estonian magazine of satire and humor published between 1943 and 2001, named for the Estonian lightning god Pikker.
Lembit Sibul was an Estonian humorist and stage actor, known for his work with the Estonian satire and humor magazine, Pikker.
August Pikker was an Estonian wrestler. He competed for the Russian Empire in the light heavyweight event at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was married to Amanda Elfriede Pikker (1907–1993).
Jüri Kallas is an Estonian science fiction expert, translator, publisher and editor. Jüri Kallas has worked for publishers Elmatar and Fantaasia as a compiler and editor. He is currently working on handing out the Estonian Science Fiction Association award Stalker, developing the Estonian science fiction bibliography and is an active contributor for the online science-fiction magazine Reaktor. He has written afterwords for novels and collections. He has translated into Estonian texts by Vladimir Arenev, Alexander Belyaev, Kir Bulychev, Robert E. Howard, Rafał Kosik, Henry Kuttner, H. P. Lovecraft, H. L. Oldie, Viktor Pelevin, Alexandr Siletsky, Mikhail Uspensky, Ilya Varshavsky and others. In addition, Jüri Kallas has worked for different publishers, choosing and editing dozens of crime and romance novels and written forewords for them. He has also published literature criticism and his views and opinions about current political events in Estonia. He has been an editorial board member of the online magazine Algernon.
Vello Viisimaa was an Estonian opera singer and stage actor who appeared mostly in operettas.
Tõnu Aav was an Estonian stage, film, TV, and radio actor.
Gerd Neggo was an Estonian dancer, dance teacher and choreographer. She studied the musical response methods of É. Jaques-Dalcroze, trained under Rudolf von Laban in Hamburg, Germany, and in 1924 established her own dance studio at Tallinn, Estonia, and promoted modern dance and mime based on classical ballet. During the Soviet occupation of Estonia, she and her husband Paul Olak migrated to Sweden. Her contributions to the cultural heritage of Estonia, as the founder of modern dance and mime in her country, is recognised via a scholarship, awarded annually since 2011.
Lia Laats was an Estonian stage and film actress whose career spanned over forty years.
Helgi Sallo is an Estonian singer and actress.
Stress is Estonian-Swiss hip hop singer.
Merle Karusoo is an Estonian stage director and writer. She is also known as a collector of Estonian biographies.
Meie Meel was a youth newspaper published in Estonia between 1991 and 2001. It was the legal successor of the newspaper Säde, the mouthpiece of the Leninist Young Communist League of Estonia and the Estonian SSR Pioneer Organization, which ceased operations in 1990.
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