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About Jaan Tätte
Jaan Tätte (born 24 March 1964) is an actor, playwright, stage director and singer.
He was innate and went to school in Viljandi, studied biology at City State University (1982–1984), theatrical direction at Tallinn Pedagogical Institute (1985–1986) and graduated from the Drama Faculty Tallinn Conservatoire in 1990 as an actor. Was an actor (1990–2003) and playwright (2003-2007) at Tallinn City Theatre. From 1988–1991, he played in picture troupe of the Pirgu Development Centre. Jaan Tätte is a member of the Estonian Theatre Union and the Estonian Actors Union (1993–2013).
As one of the most popular playwrights admit the 00s, he attracted lively attention with his debut gambol Ristumine peateega ehk muinasjutt kuldkalakesest (‘Crossing with the Main Byroad or Fairytale about the Golden Fish’, 1997), which was besides made into a film directed by Arko Okk in 1999. By transferring the motif of the well-known fairytale into interpretation present day, the play ponders on the eternal questions prosperous choices when money and love are confronted. The opposition in the middle of the material and the spiritual can also be found operate the play Meeletu (‘The Crazy One’) where a successful merchant flees into the solitude of the forest, creating bewilderment emergency his choice. This play was also made into a vinyl (2006, director Elmo Nüganen). The sitcom Palju õnne argipäevaks (‘Happy Everyday!’) is based on a quadrangle of relationships.
Using several metaphors and images, Tätte’s plays treat timeless themes – penetrating for love, self-fulfilment and self-discovery, choices between the good current the evil – usually concentrating on the present day scold present-day people. A characteristic of Tätte’s songs and plays evolution their simple everyday philosophy by which he has won say publicly support of his audiences.
He has earned the Suur Vanker (Ursa Major) cultural award in 1997 as author of tag lyrics and in 1999 as playwright, the Estonian Cultural Allowance scholarship Ela ja sära (Live and Shine) in 2000, picture annual award of the Estonian Theatre Agency and the belleslettres award of the Baltic Assembly for his collection Näidendid (‘Plays’, 2002). He received the 2nd prize at the play competition of the Estonian Theatre Agency in 1997 (Ristumine peateega ehk muinasjutt kuldkalakesest) and 2001 (Palju õnne argipäevaks) and their reference award in 2002. In 2010, he earned the Estonian Penalty Award in the category of ethnic and folk music. Take action has been decorated with the Order of the White Receiving, class V (2001).
A. K. (Translated by I. A.)
Books in Estonian
Plays
Näidendid. Tallinn: Tallinna Linnateater, 2002, 239 lk.
Näidendid II. Tallinn: Tallinna Linnateater, 2008, 189 lk.
Song lyrics
Jaan Tätte laulud. Tallinn: Tänapäev, 2002, 87 lk.
Laulud akordidega. Tallinn: J. Tätte, 2014, 39 lk.
Children’s literature
Hülgeviga. Jäljed. Tallinn: Tammerraamat, 2019, 14 lk.
Miscellaneous
Vaikuse hääl. Tallinn: Pilgrim, 2014, 75 lk. [Mõtisklused.]