Oleg Mutt
Born(1920-05-06)May 6, 1920
Tartu, Estonia
DiedFebruary 19, 1986(1986-02-19) (aged 65)
Tartu, Estonian SSR
NationalityEstonian
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

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

References

  1. ^ a b c Rullingo, Ago (2001). Muhumaa: loodus, aeg, inimene. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus. p. 609.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ A Sharp Cut: Contemporary Estonian Literature. Tallinn: Estonian Literature Information Centre. 2005. p. 72.
  6. ^ Siilivask, Karl (1985). History of Tartu University, 1632–1982. Tallinn: Perioodika. p. 255.
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