Triin Soomets

Triin Soomets (1969) is an Estonian poet and prose writer. She arrived on the Estonian poetry scene in the famous collection of female authors Luulekassett ‘90, published in 1990, featuring her book of poems Sinine linn. Soomets has published more than ten books of poetry. In 2013, her collection Asjade omadused won the poetry prize of the Estonian Cultural Endowment. The poetry of Soomets stands out with its seamless connecting of seemingly conflicting phenomena: corporeality and abstraction, intimacy and philosophy. On the surface, her texts are calm, even cool, but under the surface anything but. Soomets is at once concrete and universal, economically precise, yet enjoys playing with language. She has also published two poetry collections: Soon in 2000 and Valitud omadused in 2016. In 2012, Soomets began publishing poetry for children and writing fantastic short stories reminiscent of parables.