Playwrights

Peeter Sauter is a writer, translator and actor. He graduated from the XI class of the Tallinn State Conservatory of Performing Arts in 1984 and then worked as an actor at the Ugala Theatre for one year and has since worked as a freelance journalist and in an advertising agency. He is known for his concise and incisive short sentences. His work is also praised for its methodology and precision.

Recognition:

2014 Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature

2008 Cultural Endowment of Estonia, annual literature endowment award for In the Cellar (“Keldris”)

2007 Aleksander Kurtna Translation Award

2007 Eesti Raudtee ja Sirbi kirjanduspreemia for Blood Run (“Vere jooks”)

2006 Cultural Endowment of Estonia, annual literature endowment award for The Book of Lazy Children (“Laiskade laste raamat”)

1998 Friedebert Tuglas Short Story Award for Lethargy (“Tuimus”)

1996 Friedebert Tuglas Short Story Award Stomach ache (“Kõhuvalu”)