Oleg Mutt Explained

Oleg Mutt
Birth Date:May 6, 1920
Birth Place:Tartu, Estonia
Death Place:Tartu, Estonia
Nationality:Estonian
Occupation: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

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

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

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rullingo . Ago . Muhumaa: loodus, aeg, inimene . 2001 . Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus . Tallinn . 609.
  2. Poots . Linda . Linda Poots . May 5, 1986 . Mees, kes tegi 'Eesti Loodusest' teadusliku 'Estonian Nature' . Eesti Loodus . 1986 . 5 . 326–327 . 0131-5862 . November 21, 2023.
  3. Book: Irén Hegedűs . Bergs . Alexander . Brinton . Laurel J. . English Historical Linguistics . 2012 . Walter de Gruyter . Berlin . 978-3-11-020265-6 . 1384 . East-Central and Eastern Europe.
  4. Book: Eric Dickens . Friedebert Tuglas: The Poet and the Idiot and Other Stories . 2007 . Central European University Press . Budapest . 978-963-7326-88-2 . xx . Introduction.
  5. Book: A Sharp Cut: Contemporary Estonian Literature . 2005 . Estonian Literature Information Centre . Tallinn . 72.
  6. Book: Siilivask . Karl . History of Tartu University, 1632–1982 . 1985 . Perioodika . Tallinn . 255.