Playwrights

Mart Kivastik is a freelance writer, screenwriter and film director. He graduated from the University of Tartu in 1989 with a Bachelors degree in Estonian Language and Literature and worked at the Tallinnfilm film studio from 1989-1991. The protagonists of his work are ordinary people, whom he portrays with sincerity and warmth.

Recognition:

2020 Eduard Vilde Literary Award for Stairway to Heaven (“Taevatrepp”)

2015 Friedebert Tuglas Short Story Award for When You Least Expect It (“Õnn tuleb magades”)

2004 Cultural Endowment of Estonia, annual literature endowment award for Portrait of a Freezing Artist (“Külmetava kunstniku portree”)

2002 Eduard Vilde Literary Award for The Souls are Leaving  (“Hinged lähevad”)

2000 Cultural Endowment of Estonia, annual literature endowment award for The Plays (“Näidendid”)

1999 Friedebert Tuglas Short Story Award for Gloomy (“Morn”)