Andrus Kivirähk

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Andrus Kivirähk and Mart Juur host a humorous and satirical weekly radio show, Rahva Oma Kaitse (People's Own Defense), on the Raadio 2 channel of Estonian public broadcaster ERR. Every time the Eurovision Song Contest takes place, it is also aired on Raadio 2, and Juur and Kivirähk air a 'special' on top of the live broadcast.

• 2018 Annual Children's Literature Award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia (Tilda and the Dust Angel)
• 2018 "Järje Hoidja" Award of the Tallinn Central Library (Tilda and the Dust Angel)
• 2018 Good Children's Book (Tilda and the Dust Angel)
• 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award candidate
• 2016 Tartu Prize for Children's Literature (Childhood Prize) (Oskar and the Things)
• 2016 Eduard Vilde Literary Award (Oskar and the Things)
• 2016 Nukits Competition, 2nd place (Carnival and Potato Salad)
• 2015 Good Children's Book (Oskar and the Things)
• 2015 The White Ravens (Big Toell)
• 2013 Jānis Baltvilks Prize (Jāņa Baltvilka balva), Latvia (Poo and Spring)
• 2013 Good Children's Book (A Frog Kiss)
• 2012 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award candidate
• 2011 Jānis Baltvilks Prize (Jāņa Baltvilka balva), Latvia (Lotte from Gadgetville)
• 2010 Nukits Competition, 1st place (Poo and Spring)
• 2010 Children and Young Adult Jury (Bērnu un jauniešu žūrija), Latvia, 2nd place (Grades 5–7) (Sirli, Siim and the Secrets)
• 2008 IBBY Honour List (Lotte from Gadgetville)
• 2008 Nukits Competition, 1st place (Lotte from Gadgetville)
• 2007 Republic of Estonia State Culture Award for 2006 Creative Achievements (Lotte from Gadgetville, and plays)
• 2006 Nukits Competition, 1st place (Limpa and the Pirates)
• 2005 Estonian Children's Literature Centre Raisin of the Year Award (Bed-time stories for Estonian fathers, together with the collection's other authors)
• 2004 The Order of the White Star, V class
• 2004 Nukits Competition, 2nd place (Lotte's Journey South)
• 2004 "Järje Hoidja" Award of the Tallinn Central Library (Limpa and the Pirates)
• 2000 Annual Cultural Endowment of Estonia Award (animated feature film Lotte, together with Heiki Ernits, Janno Põldma, Regina Lukk-Toompere and Olav Ehala)

• Ivan Orava mälestused, ehk, Minevik kui helesinised mäed (Memoirs of Ivan Orav, or the Past as Azure Mountains, 1995)
• Rehepapp ehk November (2000)
• Mees, kes teadis ussisõnu (The Man Who Spoke Snakish, 2007)
• Suur Tõll (Big Toell), Varrak 2014, illustrated by Jüri Arrak

• Tilda ja tolmuingel (Tilda and the Dust Angel), FD Distribution 2018, illustrated by Takinada
• Karneval ja kartulisalat (Carnival and Potato Salad), Varrak 2015, illustrated by Heiki Ernits
• Oskar ja asjad (Oskar and the Things), Film Distribution 2015, illustrated by Anne Pikkov
• Konna musi (A Frog Kiss), Varrak 2013, illustrated by Anne Pikkov
• Kaka ja kevad (Poo and Spring), Varrak 2009, illustrated by Heiki Ernits
• Leiutajateküla Lotte (Lotte from Gadgetville), Eesti Joonisfilm 2006, illustrated by Heiki Ernits
• Limpa ja mereröövlid (Limpa and the Pirates), Varrak 2004, 2009, 2013, 2018, illustrated by Anni Mäger
• Lotte reis Lõunamaale (Lotte’s Journey South), Varrak 2002; Eesti Joonisfilm 2012, illustrated by Regina Lukk-Toompere
• Sibulad ja šokolaad (Onions and Chocolate), Varrak 2002, illustrated by Ivo Uukkivi (collection of children’s plays: Rich Ill Will Has No Bounds; Pill Bug and Pill Bug; Mice in the Attic; Brave Kefir)
• Sirli, Siim ja saladused (Sirli, Siim and the Secrets), Varrak 1st ed. 1999, 9th ed. 2015, illustrated by Ilmar Trull
• Kaelkirjak (Giraffe), Tiritamm 1995, illustrated by Anu Kalm; Tänapäev 2000, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016, illustrated by Heiki Ernits

• De man die de taal van slangen sprak. (Prometheus, 2015)

• The Man Who Spoke Snakish (Grove Press Atlantic 2015)

• Kun Musti muni mummon (Carnival and Potato Salad, selected stories, WSOY 2018)
• Koiranne alkaa kohta kukkia (Poo and Spring), Otava 2016
• Keksijäkylän Lotta (Lotte from Gadgetville, Otava 2008)
• Riihiukko (Old Barny, Otava 2000), translated by Kaisu Lahikainen

• L'Homme qui savait la langue des serpents (The Man Who Spoke Snakish, Le Tripode 2013)
• Le Papillon (The Butterfly, Le Tripode 2017)
• Les Groseilles de novembre (Le Tripode 2014)

• Frösche küssen (A Frog Kiss, Willegoos 2015)
• Der Schiet und das Frühjahr (Poo and Spring, Willegoos 2015)
• Der Mann, der mit Schlangen sprach (The Man Who Spoke Snakish, Klett-Cotta 2017)

• Kék vagon (Helesinine vagun, Kráter Műhely Egyesület 2005)
• Sári, Samu és a titkok (Sirli, Siim and the Secrets, Cerkabella 2008)
• Breviárium (Észt Intézet / Pluralica 2011)
• Az ember, aki beszélte a kígyók nyelvét ( Mees, kes teadis ussisõnu, Typotex 2015)
• Ördöngős idők (Rehepapp ehk november, Gondolat Kiadói Kör 2018)
• Szépséges kék állat (Sinine sarvedega loom, Gondolat Kiadó, 2021)

• Lotte. L’avventuroso viaggio al sud (Lotte’s Journey South, De Bastiani 2019)
• L'uomo che sapeva la lingua dei serpenti (La nave di Teseo, 2022)

• Lote no Izgudrotāju ciema (Lotte from Gadgetville, Zvaigzne ABC 2019)
• Oskars un lietas (Oskar and the Things, Liels un mazs 2018)
• Karnevāls un kartupeļu salāti (Carnival and Potato Salad, Liels un mazs 2016)
• Lotes ceļojums uz dienvidiem (Lotte’s Journey South, Zvaigzne ABC 2013)
• Kaka un pavasaris (Poo and Spring, Liels un mazs 2012)
• Sirli, Sīms un noslēpumi (Sirli, Siim and the Secrets, Liels un mazs 2009)
• Vīrs, kas zināja čūskuvārdus (The Man Who Spoke Snakish, Lauku Avīze 2012, Latvijas Mediji 2022)

• Sirlė, Simas ir slėpiniai (Sirli, Siim and the Secrets; Kronta, 2010)
• Žmogus, mokėjęs gyvačių kalbą (The Man Who Spoke Snakish; translated by Agnė Bernotaitė-Jakubčionienė; Vilnius: Aukso žuvys, 2020)
• Jaujininkas (Rehepapp ehk November; translated by Milda Kurpniece; Vilnius: Aukso žuvys, 2023)

• De Schiet un dat Fröhjohr (Poo and Spring, Plaggenhauer 2015)

• Oskar i rzeczy (Oskar and the Things, Widnokrąg 2018)
• Człowiek, który znał mowę węży (The Man Who Spoke Snakish, Marpress 2020, translated by Anna Michalczuk-Podlecki)
• Listopadowe porzeczki (Old Barny, Wydawnictwo Literackie 2021, translated by Anna Michalczuk-Podlecki)

• Оскар и вещи (Oskar and the Things, КПД 2019)
• Путешествие Лотты в тёплые края (Lotte’s Journey South, Eesti Joonisfilm 2017)
• Карнавал и картофельный салат (Carnival and Potato Salad, Varrak 2016)
• Поцелуй лягушку! (A Frog Kiss, Varrak 2014)
• Весна и какашка (Poo and Spring, Tallinn: Varrak 2010)
• Лимпа и пираты (Limpa and the Pirates, Varrak 2009)
• Лотте из Деревни Изобретателей (Lotte from Gadgetville, Eesti Päevaleht 2009)
• Жираф (Giraffe, КПД 2008)
• Сирли, Сийм и секреты (Sirli, Siim and the Secrets, КПД 2008)

• Sara, Simon in skrivnosti (Sirli, Siim and the Secrets, KUD Sodobnost International 2015)

=== Japanese===

• HEBI NO KOTOBA WO HANASHITA OTOKO published by KAWADE SHOBO SHINSHA, Publishers, translator: Ryoko Sekiguchi(Translated form French L'Homme qui savait la langue des serpents)

• {{cite journal |last1=Heinapuu |first1=Ott |last2=Kikas |first2=Katre |title=Folk Belief or Anecdote? On the Genre Logic of Rehepapp by Andrus Kivirähk in the Context of Folklore Genres |journal=Folklore |volume=26 |pages=101–112 |publisher=Institute of Estonian Language, Estonian Folklore Archives |location=Tartu, Estonia |year=2004 |doi=10.7592/FEJF2004.26.rehepapp |url=http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol26/rehepapp.pdf |accessdate=2008-05-16 |issn=1406-0957}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110719123732/http://www.estlit.ee/?id=10876&author=10876&c_tpl=1066&make_sections=1 Estonian Literature Information Centre]

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20121018012703/http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2007-06-30-kivirahk-en.html A Brave Woman by Andrus Kivirähk]

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Category:Living people

Category:1970 births

Category:Writers from Tallinn

Category:Estonian male novelists

Category:Estonian humorists

Category:Satirists

Category:21st-century Estonian novelists

Category:Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class