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Ilmar Laaban | |
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| Born | 11 December 1921 |
| Died | 29 November 2000 (aged 78) |
| Education | University of Tartu |
Ilmar Laaban, (11 December 1921,Tallinn,Estonia – 29 November 2000,Stockholm) was an Estonian poet and literary critic.
Laaban attended the first Tallinn Boys'Gymnasium from 1934 to 1940. In 1939–1940 and 1941–1942 he studiedcomposition andpiano at the Tallinn Conservatory. In 1940–1943 Laaban studiedRomance languages at theUniversity of Tartu. In 1943, he went to Sweden, fleeing theOccupation of the Baltic states, and continued studying Romance languages and philosophy (1943–1949).
Laaban worked as a lecturer inStockholm University and was a member ofInternational Association of Art Critics.
Laaban mainly wrotesurrealistic poetry and was one of the first poets in Estonia to practice that genre. He also made recordings with poetry and sound, known as "text-sound-compositions", a genre much developed in Sweden during the 60:s and 70:s. He was a prolific creator of palindromes and wrote in both Estonian (4000), Swedish (300), German (300), French (80) and some in Spanish, Italian, and Latin.
He has written essays and articles on art and literature. Also, he has translated many Estonian poet's works into Swedish (e.g.Artur Alliksaar,Betti Alver,Jaan Kaplinski,Viivi Luik,Paul-Eerik Rummo) and German (e.g.Juhan Liiv,Gustav Suits,Jaan Oks,Henrik Visnapuu,Marie Under). He has written critiques and literary works of artists such asFrederic Iriarte, Endre Nemes, Franco Leidi, Rafael Bellange and Lech Rzewuski.
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