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Liisi Laineste

Polish Estonian

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Liisi Laineste is a folklorist, translator, and works currently as a Research Professor at the Estonian Literary Museum. Alongside her academic work, she has translated poetry as well as a range of contemporary children’s literature from Polish into Estonian, through which she has introduced Estonian readers to a number of acclaimed Polish authors (among others Marianna Oklejak, Adam Mirek and Artur Gębka). By combining scholarship and translation, she contributes to the promotion of Polish literature and research in Estonia.

Translations

  • Bussiluule 2026 [Bus poetry 2026]. Ed. Krista Ojasaar, Triin Ploom-Niitra, Marja Unt. Tartu : Eesti Kirjanduse Selts
  • Mirek, Adam 2026. Sinu sisikond ja muu kraam, ehk Luubi all on inimkeha [Bebechy] Tallinn : Varrak
  • Gębka, Artur 2025. Isa pudel [Butełka taty]. Tallinn : Koolibri
  • Oklejak, Marianna 2024. Ennenägemata ime [Cuda niewidy]. Tallinn : Koolibri
  • Asia Olejarczyk 2023. Ära loe mind [Nie czytaj mnie]. Tallinn : Odavraamat

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