Writer Piret Jaaks says Vormsi island’s isolated character and unique social rules provided fertile ground for her novel The Sun Believers, ERR reported. Jaaks was named Estonia’s writer of the year at the Juhan Liiv Museum in early August. Jaaks described the award as an extraordinary event. “It…

Writer Piret Jaaks received the Estonian Writer of the Year award for her novel “Päikeseuskujad” at the Eesti Kirjanik 2026 festival held at the Juhan Liiv Museum, ERR reported. Speaking on the Vikerhommik radio programme, Jaaks said the award came as a complete surprise. She has attended the fes…

Piret Jaaks was named Estonia’s Author of the Year for her novel Päikeseuskujad at the Eesti Kirjanik 2026 festival held on Saturday at the Juhan Liiv Museum in Alatskivi, ERR reported. Set around 200 years ago, the novel follows the coastal Swedes of Vormsi. It explores the history of a little-k…

In a review published by ERR, Teele Pärn describes Piret Jaaks's novel Päikeseuskujad as a place-specific story about freedom, identity and the meaning of home. The novel is set on Vormsi, an island also known as Ussisaare, at the beginning of the 19th century. The island is home to coastal Swede…