Tiit Aleksejev
Illustration — Tiit Aleksejev at the annual Literary Street festival 2021 in Tallinn, Estonia • Illustration — Tiit Aleksejev in 2018 Tiit Aleksejev (born 6 July 1968) is an Estonian novelist and playwright. He studied history at the University of Tartu, and served as a diplomat in France and Belgium. His debut novel was a thriller called Valge kuningriik (The White Kingdom, 2006).
Tiit Aleksejev
- Born
- 1968 · Kohtla-Järve.
- Nationality
- Estonia
- Occupation
- writer · historian
- Education
- University of Tartu
- Honours
- European Union Prize for Literature · Order of the White Star and 3rd Class
- Languages
- Estonian · English
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Illustration — Tiit Aleksejev at the annual Literary Street festival 2021 in Tallinn, Estonia • Illustration — Tiit Aleksejev in 2018 Tiit Aleksejev (born 6 July 1968) is an Estonian novelist and playwright. He studied history at the University of Tartu, and served as a diplomat in France and Belgium. His debut novel was a thriller called Valge kuningriik (The White Kingdom, 2006).
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It won the Betti Alver literary award for best first novel. His second novel was a work of historical fiction, set in the time of the First Crusade. This novel called Palveränd (The Pilgrimage, 2008) won the EU Prize for Literature and was translated into several languages subsequently (e.g. Italian, Hungarian, and Finnish). In 2011, he published a third novel Kindel linn (Stronghold). Palveränd and Kindel linn are the first and second part of what is to become a trilogy. His first play Leegionärid (Legionaries), about the fallen soldiers of the Estonian Legion, appeared in 2010 and premiered in 2013 in Rakvere. It received the Virumaa Literary Award in 2011. Another historical play, Kuningad (Kings) was published in 2014 and is about the murder of the four Estonian kings during the St. George's Night Uprising (1343). Aleksejev lives in Tallinn.
Tiit Aleksejev studied at University of Tartu. The recorded working language is Estonian and English. Distinctions recorded are European Union Prize for Literature and Order of the White Star, 3rd Class.
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