Olevik

Olevik (meaning Present Time in English) was a weekly newspaper published in Tartu, Estonia.

Olevik
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Ado Grenzstein
Founder(s)Ado Grenzstein
Founded1882
LanguageEstonian
HeadquartersTartu

History and profile

Olevik was established in 1882.[1][2] The paper was owned and edited by Ado Grenzstein.[2][3] It was published weekly in Tartu.[4][5] The paper had links with the politically moderate wing of the national awakening movement.[2] and opposed the more radical wing of Sakala. During its heyday Olevik was the best edited Estonian newspaper, had more variety than other Estonian newspapers and more substance, raising topics that were hitherto untreated in Estonian media. The paper was widely supported by the educated Estonian elite. It later supported Russification, though, and opposed Jaan Tõnisson's Postimees. Its publisher Grenzstein has been characterized because of his later position as "the most remarkable representative of Estonian national nihilism".[6]

The words kirjastaja and kirjastamine (meaning publisher and publishing in English, respectively) were first used in the Estonian language by Ado Grenzstein in Olevik.[2] The paper had a supplement, Virmaline (meaning Northern Light in English).[2]

Juhan Liiv occasionally contributed to Olevik.[7] Jüri Tilk also contributed to the weekly and later, became second editor.[8] Following the 1905 Russian revolution the paper featured numerous articles on women's suffrage.[4]

References
  1. Mart Laar (2001). "Oleviku esimene tegevusaasta" (Conference paper). Acta Historica Tallinnensia. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. Aile Möldre (2013). "The Popularisation of Book History in Estonian Textbooks and Periodical Press (19th century–1917)" (PDF). Knygotyra. 60. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. Helgi Vihma (June 2011). "On the Origin of the Ideas of Estonian Language Reformer Johannes Aavik" (PDF). Baltic Journal of European Studies. 1 (9). Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  4. The Struggle for Female Suffrage in Europe: Voting to Become Citizens. BRILL. 7 June 2012. p. 117. ISBN 978-90-04-22991-4. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  5. Marju Lauristin; Peeter Vihalemm (2014). "Introduction". In Marju Lauristin; Peeter Vihalemm (eds.). Reading in changing society (PDF). Tartu: University of Tartu Press. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  6. Grenzstein, Ado
  7. "LIFES literature class – interpretation of poetry". LIFES Comenius. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  8. Anu Pallas (2010). "Isamaaline tundmus. Eesti ja Soome kirjamees Jüri Tilk ehk Yrjö Virula" (PDF). Keel ja Kirjandus. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
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