Oleg Mutt
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Oleg Mutt | |
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| Born | May 6, 1920 |
| Died | February 19, 1986 (aged 65) Tartu, Estonia |
| Nationality | Estonian |
| Occupation(s) | Linguist and translator |
Oleg Lembit Mutt (May 6, 1920 Tartu – February 19, 1986)[1] was an Estonian linguist and translator.[2][3]
Early life and family
[edit]Oleg Mutt was born in Tartu, Estonia. He spent his childhood years in New York City.[4] He was the son of Victor Mutt, an Estonian soldier and diplomat, and the father of the Estonian writer Mihkel Mutt.[1][4][5] His brother was the Swedish biochemist Viktor Mutt.[1]
Education and career
[edit]Mutt graduated from the University of Tartu in 1948 and became a professor of English philology there that same year. From 1948 to 1949 he was a lecturer in the Department of Western European Languages, from 1949 to 1953 a senior lecturer, from 1953 to 1961 a senior lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages, from 1961 to 1986 a lecturer in the Department of English (since 1972 English Philology), from 1961 to 1963 a senior lecturer, and from 1963 onward an associate professor.[3] He headed the Department of English Philology until 1978, when he was succeeded by Heino Liiv.[6]
Oleg Mutt died in Tartu in 1986[2] and was buried at Old St. John's Cemetery.
Bibliography
[edit]- 1963: Selections from Old, Middle and Early Modern English (Tartu: Tartu Riiklik Ülikool)
- 1968: Inglise keele grammatika (with Leopold Kivimägi, Laine Hone, and Johannes Silvet) (Tallinn: Valgus)
- 1970: "Keeleline vastuvoetavus ja selle uurimine," Keel ja Kirjandus 13: 521
- 1972: "Võõrkeelte olevikust ja tulevikust," TRÜ: Tartu Riiklik Ülikool January 21: 2
- 1973: A Short Introduction to Germanic Philology for the Student of English (Tartu: Tartu Riiklik Ülikool)
- 1975: "Leksikograafia vanameistri juubel. Johannes Silvet 80," Keel ja Kirjandus 5: 318–319
- 1975: Ten Facets of English: Ten Selected Lectures on the English Language (Tartu: Tartu Riiklik Ülikool)
- 1976: American Life and Institutions (Tartu: Tartu Riiklik Ülikool)
- 1976: "Muljeid suvisest Inglismaast," TRÜ: Tartu Riiklik Ülikool October 15: 2
- 1979: "Johannes Silvet 12. V 1895—17. II 1979," TRÜ: Tartu Riiklik Ülikool February 23: 4
- 1979: An Outline of Early Modern English (Tartu: Tartu Riiklik Ülikool)
- 1980: "Heino Liiv 50," TRÜ: Tartu Riiklik Ülikool September 5: 2
- 1982: The Development of English Language Studies in the 16th–20th Centuries (Tartu: Tartu Riiklik Ülikool)
- 1982: Social and Regional Varieties of Present-Day English (Tartu: Tartu Riiklik Ülikool)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Rullingo, Ago (2001). Muhumaa: loodus, aeg, inimene. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus. p. 609.
- ^ a b Poots, Linda (May 5, 1986). "Mees, kes tegi 'Eesti Loodusest' teadusliku 'Estonian Nature'". Eesti Loodus. 1986 (5): 326–327. ISSN 0131-5862. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ a b Irén Hegedűs (2012). "East-Central and Eastern Europe". In Bergs, Alexander; Brinton, Laurel J. (eds.). English Historical Linguistics. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 1384. ISBN 978-3-11-020265-6.
- ^ a b Eric Dickens (2007). "Introduction". Friedebert Tuglas: The Poet and the Idiot and Other Stories. Budapest: Central European University Press. p. xx. ISBN 978-963-7326-88-2.
- ^ A Sharp Cut: Contemporary Estonian Literature. Tallinn: Estonian Literature Information Centre. 2005. p. 72.
- ^ Siilivask, Karl (1985). History of Tartu University, 1632–1982. Tallinn: Perioodika. p. 255.
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