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
- 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)
Notes and References
- Book: Rullingo . Ago . Muhumaa: loodus, aeg, inimene . 2001 . Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus . Tallinn . 609.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Book: A Sharp Cut: Contemporary Estonian Literature . 2005 . Estonian Literature Information Centre . Tallinn . 72.
- Book: Siilivask . Karl . History of Tartu University, 1632–1982 . 1985 . Perioodika . Tallinn . 255.
