Ülo Torpats

Ülo Torpats (15 November 1920, in Tartu – 20 January 1988, in Tartu) was an Estonian philologist and translator.[1]

Torpats graduated from Hugo Treffner Gymnasium in 1940. In 1951, he graduated from Tartu State University with a degree in classical philology. From 1951 to 1953, he worked at the Estonian Academy of Agriculture. From 1955 to 1956 and again from 1960, he was a lecturer at the Department of Western European Literature and Classical Philology of the University of Tartu. From 1971 until 1982, he was a lecturer at the university's Department of Foreign Languages.[1]

Works

  • Näiteid rooma luulest (1970)
  • Lingua latina in medicina (1970, with L. Gross and R. Kleis)
  • Studium latinum (1975, with L. Gross and R. Kleis) [2]
  • Ladina-eesti sõnaraamat = Glossarium Latino-Estonicum (1986, one of the authors) [2]
  • Rooma kirjanduse antoloogia, edited by Torpats and Ain Kaalep [2]
  • Kreeka kirjanduse antoloogia; Kuningas Oidipus by Sophocles, translated by Torpats and Ain Kaalep [2]
  • Eestlaste endeemilistest haigustest, by Karl Ernst von Baer, translated by Ülo Torpats [2]
  • Narruse kiitus, by Erasmus, illustrated by Hans Holbein the Younger and translated by Ülo Torpats [2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Torpats, Ülo - Eesti Entsüklopeedia". entsyklopeedia.ee. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Ülo Torpats". Good Reads. Retrieved November 20, 2025.

Further reading

  • A. Kaalep. Mälestades Ülo Torpatsit (15. XI 1920 – 20. I 1988). – Keel ja Kirjandus 1988, 5


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