Mati Sirkel

In 1972 he graduated from Tartu State University with degrees in literary theory and German philology.

The signatories also expressed their unease against Republic-level government in harshly dealing with youth protests in Tallinn that were sparked a week earlier due to the banning of a public performance of the punk rock band Propeller.

[2] Sirkel has translated almost 50 works from German, English, Modern Greek, Swedish and Dutch.

Notable translations have been works by Elias Canetti, Peter Handke, Alfred Kubin, Günter Grass, Rainer Maria Rilke, Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando, Thomas Bernhard, Robert Musil, Friedrich Hölderlin, Ilse Aichinger, and Elfriede Gerstl.

In addition, Sirkel has also translated scientific literature, including Johan Huizinga's The Task of Cultural History.