Jaak Urmet

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 (Urmet's) novel "Lipamäe" (which was noted on 2002 Estonian novel contest and awarded Virumaa prize of literature in 2002) 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 (e.g. one of the characters is the devil). The events take place in a real location – the village of Kaaruka in Järvamaa. Wimberg's collections of poetry ("Maaaraamat" and "Kärppsed") depict autobiographic thoughts. In his works, Wimberg uses (his own) innovative orthography of Estonian language.

• Excerpt from the novel "Lipamäe" (translated in English by Ulvi Haagensen, Estonian Literary Magazine no. 17, Autumn 2003) • Interview by Sven Vabar (Estonian Literary Magazine no. 17, Autumn 2003) • Selected poems in "Viie tunni tee. Five Hours Away", Nordic Poetry Festival 2001 booklet (translated in English by Kalju Kruusa, Põhjamaade Ministrite Nõukogu Tallinna Infobüroo, Tallinn 2001) • Review of novel "Pille-Riin" by Jürgen Rooste (Estonian Literary Magazine no. 30, Spring 2010)