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Kristiina Ehin, the Estonian poet and short story writer, was born in Rapla, Estonia on 18 July 1977. She is the daughter of the well-known Estonian poets Andres Ehin and Ly Seppel. She has an MA in Comparative and Estonian Folklore from the University of Tartu. In her native Estonian she has to date published six volumes of poetry, three books of short stories and a retelling of South-Estonian fairy tales. She has also written two theatrical productions as well as poetic, imaginative radio broadcasts, one of which has also been released as a CD. She has won Estonia’s most prestigious poetry prize for Kaitseala (Huma, 2005), a book of poems and journal entries written during a year spent as a nature reserve warden on an otherwise uninhabited island off Estonia’s north coast.

Kristiina Ehin has published five books of poetry and three of prose in English translation, and several new works are in preparation. The Drums of Silence (Oleander, 2007) was awarded the Poetry Society Popescu Prize for European Poetry in Translation, and The Scent of Your Shadow (Arc, 2010) is a Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation.

Her plays and broadcasts have also been translated into English and her work, poetry and prose, appears regularly in leading English language literary magazines and anthologies in the UK, Ireland and US. In addition to English, her work has been translated into 19 languages. She is a highly acclaimed performer of her poetry, prose and drama and travels extensively around Estonia and abroad to perform her work, sometimes accompanied by musicians.

Kristiina Ehin lives in Estonia with her husband, the musician Silver Sepp, and her son.

Poetry

 * Kevad Astrahanis: luuletusi 1992–1999 (Huma, 2000)
 * Simunapäev  (Huma, 2003)
 * Luigeluulinn (Huma, 2004)
 * Kaitseala (Huma, 2005)
 * Emapuhkus (Pandekt, 2009)
 * Viimane Monogaamlane Boxed set of poetry and short stories (Pegasus, 2011)

Prose

 * Pillipuhujanaine ja pommipanijanaine. Uudisjutud ja kirjad (Huma, 2006)
 * Päevaseiskaja - Lõuna-Eesti muinasjutud / South-Estonian Fairy Tales (Huma, 2009), translated into English by Ilmar Lehtpere
 * Viimane Monogaamlane Boxed set of poetry and short stories (Pegasus, 2011)
 * Kirjatud teekond, collaboration with the Estonian textile artist Kristi Jõeste (Saara, 2012)
 * Paleontoloogi päevaraamat (Petrone Print, 2013)

Translations into English

 * The Drums of Silence, selected poems, (Oleander Press, 2007), translated into English with an introduction by Ilmar Lehtpere
 * Noorkuuhommik - New Moon Morning, bilingual selected poems, (Huma, 2007) translated into English by Ilmar Lehtpere
 * Põletades pimedust - Burning the Darkness - An Dorchadas à Dhó, trilingual selected poems, (Coiscéim, 2009), translated into English by Ilmar Lehtpere, translated into Irish by Gabriel Rosenstock
 * A Priceless Nest, short stories,(Oleander 2009),Translated into English by Ilmar Lehtpere
 * Päevaseiskaja - Lõuna-Eesti muinasjutud / South-Estonian Fairy Tales (Huma 2009), translated into English by Ilmar Lehtpere
 * The Scent of Your Shadow - Sinu varju lõhn, bilingual selected poems, (Arc, 2010), translated into English by Ilmar Lehtpere, introduction by Sujata Bhatt
 * The Final Going of Snow, selected poems, (Modern Poetry in Translation, 2011), translated into English with an introduction by Ilmar Lehtpere
 * Ornamented Journey, short stories, collaboration with the Estonian textile artist Kristi Jõeste (Saara, 2012), translated into English with an introduction by Ilmar Lehtpere
 * 1001 Winters - 1001 talve, selected poems, (Bitter Oleander Press, 2013),translated into English by Ilmar Lehtpere

Links
Kristiina Ehin's website with further links to her poetry and prose as well as interviews, reviews and videos.