Mudlum


Mudlum is an Estonian writer and literary critic.
She studied at the Estonian Humanitarian Institute and the Estonian Academy of Arts.
She is also a well-known literary critic. Her essays have been published in the volume Ümberjutustaja. She was a member of the defunct cultural association ZA/UM. Several of her books are based on her memories placed at the Muhu island where her maternal ancestral home is situated. She is the first writer in history to receive the Estonian Cultural Endowment annual prose prize two years in a row.

Selected works

Mitte ainult minu tädi Ellen, which is centered on the late life and relations of Mudlum's aunt Ellen, the mentally ill partner of the Estonian communist writer Juhan Smuul.