August Kirsimägi


August Kirsimägi was an Estonian writer.

Early life and education

August Kirsimägi was born Adalbert August Kirschenberg in Vahi, Estonia, the son of Juhan Kirschenberg and Mari Kirschenberg. He graduated from Hugo Treffner High School in 1925. He then studied at the University of Tartu's Faculty of Law without graduating.

Career

In 1925, Kirsimägi won first prize with his abstinence-related work "Kõige parem võitlusviis alkoholi vastu Eestis" —but he had given up abstinence before receiving the award. The fraternal organization Korporatsioon Sakala issued a blacklisting decision against him.
He appeared in the Estonian feature film Esimese öö õigus, in which he jumped into the water from Tartu's Stone Bridge.
Kirsimägi published the first and so far the only corporatist novel in Estonian literature, Puhastustuli, which won first prize at the in 1929. He also published the romantic novel Preestri tütar and short stories.

Death

In 1933, Kirsimägi committed suicide by gunshot after shooting and wounding Bruno Madisson and his wife Ilse, in whom he had a love interest.

Filmography