Mihkel Mutt (1953) is an Estonian writer and journalist, one of the best known and most popular Estonian writers today, a significant force in Estonian cultural life who has been a long-time editor-in-chief of influential cultural publications like the weekly newspaper Sirp and the literary magazine Looming. Mutt wrote himself into Estonian literary history in the 1980s, when he published his ironic visions of the local intelligentsia, the most famous of which is the novel Hiired tuules, published in 1982. The identity and self-definition of Estonian intellectuals, the mentality of Estonians, and, above all, their place in the European cultural space, interests Mutt also as an essayist and journalist. In the late 2000s and early 2010s, Mutt was busy publishing his memoirs, but in 2013 he made a successful return to literary fiction with his novel Kooparahvas läheb ajalukku. In his novel Eesti ümberlõikaja, published last year, Mutt again focuses on the relationship between what is Estonian and what is European. Mihkel Mutt will talk about his work and ideas to Tiit Aleksejev, a writer and head of the Estonian Writers’ Union.