Kairi Look

Kairi Look (born 19 April 1983) is an Estonian children’s writer and author of short prose.

Biography
Kairi Look graduated in 2005 University of Tartu with a bachelor's degree in physiotherapy, and in 2008 with a master's degree as a children's rehabilitation specialist from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. She has studied in the same field in Finland and the University of Ghent, in Belgium. She has worked at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris and as a publisher of scientific literature at IOS Press in Amsterdam. She writes children´s literature, prose, book critique, and translates fiction from Dutch to Estonian. She has received the annual prize of the literary magazine Looming for the best novella (Relapse, Looming nr 12/2017). She has been a member of the Estonian Writers’ Union from 2015.

Translations
The Airport Bugs Fight On
 * French: Les punaises de l’aéroport font de la résistance, Le Verger des Hespérides 2019
 * Finnish: Lentokentän lutikat, Aviador 2018
 * Latvian: Lidostas blaktis nepadodas, Pētergailis 2019
 * Russian: Клопиная книга. Обитатели аэропорта не сдаются, КПД 2019

Ville the Lemur Flies the Coop
 * Lithuanian: Lemūriukas Vilius iškeliauja, BaltArt 2019
 * German: Ville macht sich auf die Socken, BaltArt 2013

Piia Biscuit Moves In
 * Finnish: Piia Pikkuleipä muuttaa, Aviador 2019
 * Russian: Пийа Пряник переезжает, Koolibri 2023
 * Polish: Piia Pierniczek się wprowadza, Widnokrąg 2023

Piia Biscuit and the Bandits
 * Latvian: Pija Prjaņika un bandīti, Pētergailis 2020

Piia Biscuit and the Word-Snatcher
 * Latvian: Pija Prjaņika un Vārdēdis, Petergailis 2022

Peter, Petey for friends
 * Russian: Пеэтер, для друзей Пеэтрике, Koolibri 2023

As a translator

 * "Milla ja mere lapsed", Eesti Raamat, 2022 (from Dutch, "Lampje" by Annet Schaap, Querido, 2017)
 * "Kriimik", Eesti Raamat, 2022 (from Dutch, "Floddertje" by Annie M.G. Schmidt, Querido, 1973)
 * "Mis juhtus Leoga?", Draakon ja Kuu, 2024 (from Dutch, "Dat met Leo" by Stefan Boonen & Melvin, De Eenhoorn, 2020)

Awards

 * 2012 Children's Story Competition "My First Book", 3rd place (Ville the Lemur Flies the Coop)
 * 2014 Children's Story Competition "My First Book", 1st place (The Airport Bugs Fight On)
 * 2014 Good Children’s Book (The Airport Bugs Fight On)
 * 2015 Good Children’s Book (Piia Biscuit Moves In)
 * 2015 Tartu Prize for Children’s Literature (Childhood Prize) (Peter – “Pete” to his Friends)
 * 2018 Looming magazine annual prize for the best short story (Relapse, Looming nr 12/2017)
 * 2024 5 Best-Designed Estonian Children’s Books Award (Herring Disco)
 * 2024 Good Children's Book (Herring Disco)

Nominations

 * 2014 – Culture Endowment of Estonia Annual Children's Literature Award (Airport bedbugs fight on)
 * 2015 – Culture Endowment of Estonia Annual Children's Literature Award (Piia Biscuit moves in)
 * 2017 - Tartu Children's literature Award (The Kooky Museum of Mr Glass)
 * 2019 – Culture Endowment of Estonia Annual Children's Literature Award (Piia Biscuit and the bandits)
 * 2020 - Tartu Children's Literature Award (Piia Biscuit and the bandits)
 * 2022 – Book of the Year, best Estonian children's book (Piia Biscuit and the Letter Snatcher)
 * 2022 – Book of the Year, best translated children's book (Lampje by Annet Schaap)
 * 2022 – Babel Tower translation award (Lampje by Annet Schaap)
 * 2023 – Book of the Year, best Estonian children's book (Herring Disco)