Ilmar Trull

Ilmar Trull (born 21 February 1957) is an Estonian poet and children's writer, also known as an illustrator and caricaturist. He is particularly associated with humorous, rhythmic children's verse and with illustrating his own texts, alongside work in Estonian humour periodicals and crossword publishing.

Trull has received major Estonian literary recognition, including multiple Karl Eduard Sööt children's poetry prizes, awards from the Estonian Cultural Endowment (Kultuurkapital), inclusion in the IBBY Honour List (for Tuvi jalutab), and a state decoration (the Order of the White Star, V class).

Works Trull has published both adult poetry and children's poetry, though he is best known for humorous children's verse.

Selected bibliography Millest mõtled, seljaaju? (1984) The University of Washington's Department of Scandinavian Studies similarly described the anthology as presenting poems by nine well-known Estonian authors, including Trull.

Awards and honours Karl Eduard Sööt children's poetry prize (Luunja municipality): 1996 (periodical poems), 2005 (Iseloomuga loom), 2007 (Järvevaht ja joogivesi), 2012 (Tuvi jalutab), 2018 (Metsa toodi kuuseke). Estonian Cultural Endowment (Kultuurkapital), Literature awards: 1998 (Lõbusad luuletused) and 2007 (children's & YA literature prize for Järvevaht ja joogivesi). Estonian Cultural Endowment annual prize: 2015 (for the children's poetry compilation Rähni ravi). IBBY Honour List (2014): Estonia entry for Trull's Tuvi jalutab. Order of the White Star, V class (Estonia), 2023.