Mihkel Aitsam
Mihkel Aitsam was an Estonian writer, journalist, and local historian.
Biography
Mihkel Aitsam was born at the Aitsamaa farm in Sääla, Wiek County, in the Governorate of Estonia, the son of and Mari Aitsam. Aitsam started contributing to the newspaper in 1893, and later he also wrote for and Olewik. In 1904, some of his short stories were published in Teataja and also in several other political newspapers that he contributed to. In 1906, when his father's farm was destroyed by Russian, he settled in Tallinn and, at the invitation of Karl August Hermann, started working in the editorial office of the newspaper Hüüdja, where he remained until the newspaper office closed.Later he worked as an administrator of the and contributed to several newspapers, including two Russian newspapers in Saint Petersburg. He started working in the editorial office of the Estonian newspaper Päewaleht in 1918. His best-known literary works were Hiiu lossist Siberisse, Eestimaa kuningas, and Hiislari tütar.
From 1905 to 1907, Aitsam participated in the Russian Revolution of 1905.
Works
Autobiography
- 1937: ''1905. aasta Läänemaal''
Historical novels and short stories
- 1937: Hiiu lossist Siberisse
- 1937: Sunnitöölise märgi all
- 1938: Metsavennad
- 1938: Soontagana kanged mehed
- 1939: Eestimaa kuningas
- 1939: Laanekotkas
- 1939: Rahutused Rae mõisas
- 1940: Hiislari tütar
- 1940: ''Käskjalg eksiteel''
Plays
Almanacs and albums
- 1937: Eesti Selts "Lootus" 60-aastane
- 1939: Tallinna Eesti Põllumeeste Selts
- 1939: ''EELK Wigala koguduse ja kiriku ajalugu: 1339–1939''
Manuscripts
- 1905. a revolutsioon ja selle ohvrid Eestis ; published in 2011
- ''Vigala kihelkonna ajalugu''
Articles
- 1920: "Tallinna Eesti näituse ajalugu". Päewaleht, September 19, page 3
- 1934: "Keiser Nikolai I tütred Kose-Uuemõisas talgutel". Päewaleht, December 24, page 9
- 1939: "Rahutused Rae mõisas". Päewaleht, May 16, page 4