Aija Sakova

Aija Sakova (born 5 December 1980) is an Estonian literary scholar, Germanist, critic and writer. From 2012 to 2016 she used the name Aija Sakova-Merivee. She has published academic monographs on memory, witnessing and moral philosophy in literature, as well as books of essays, prose and poetry. Since 2021 she has worked at Tallinn University in knowledge-transfer and cooperation roles.

Education Sakova studied German philology and later literature and cultural studies at the University of Tartu, completing a PhD with research on memory and moral witnessing in the works of Ene Mihkelson and Christa Wolf.

Sakova’s dissertation-based study received a substantial review in the journal Keel ja Kirjandus by literary scholar and translator Cornelius Hasselblatt. Her later monograph Mäletamise poeetika (2020) was reviewed by Eret Talviste on ERR’s culture portal; the publication notes the review first appeared in Sirp.

Selected works Books Ausgraben und Erinnern. Denkbilder des Erinnerns und der moralischen Zeugenschaft im Werk von Christa Wolf und Ene Mihkelson (V&R unipress, 2016). Valu, mälu, kirjandus: kirjanduskriitikat ja vestlusi aastatest 2004–2017 (EKSA, 2017). Elamise julgus: kirjad Käbile (2019). Mäletamise poeetika: Ene Mihkelsoni ja Christa Wolfi romaanid lähivaates (University of Tartu Press, 2020). Isa suudlus (2020).

Peer-reviewed articles