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Lauri Leesi

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Lauri Leesi
Leesi at the Estonia Theatre in 2007
Born (1945-03-10) 10 March 1945 (age 81)
Taritu, Saare County, Estonia
CitizenshipEstonian
Alma materUniversity of Tartu
OccupationsEducator, translator
AwardsOrdre des Palmes académiques (Knight)
Order of the White Star, 4th Class
Legion of Honour (Knight)

Lauri Leesi (born 10 March 1945) is an Estonian educator, translator and former school principal. He is best known for leading Tallinna Prantsuse Lütseum (Tallinn French Lyceum) from 1992 to 2018 and for his work in promoting the French language and French culture in Estonia through teaching, translation, textbooks and broadcasting.[1][2] He has received major Estonian and French honours, including the Order of the White Star, 4th Class, the Legion of Honour and the Ordre des Palmes académiques.[3][4][1]

Early life and education

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Leesi was born in Taritu on the island of Saaremaa.[5] In 1949, during the Stalin-era Soviet deportations from Estonia, he and his family were sent to the Novosibirsk Oblast in Siberia; in later recollections he said that he learned to read there before the family returned to Estonia.[6][5] He later studied French philology at Tartu State University (now the University of Tartu).[7]

Career

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Before becoming a school principal, Leesi worked as a French teacher and in adult language instruction.[8] He also became known to a wider public through educational broadcasting. In 1990, he wrote and presented the television series Ma armastan prantsuse keelt ("I Love the French Language"), which was based on his beginner's French textbook.[9]

When Tallinn's French-language secondary school was re-established on 1 September 1992, Leesi became the principal of Tallinna Prantsuse Lütseum.[10][11] He remained in that post for 26 years, shaping the school's public identity and its emphasis on French language and culture.[1][8] After stepping down as principal in 2018, he continued at the school as a French teacher.[12]

Leesi has also translated French plays for Estonian theatres and has edited or compiled book series and educational readers.[1] According to the European Commission's Eurydice network, his European readers for schoolchildren were used as examples of Estonian teaching materials intended to introduce pupils to literature from different European countries.[13] From 1990 onward, he was also associated with the Europeia book series as its initiator, compiler and publisher.[1]

Selected publications

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  • Prantsuse keel – minu rõõm (1995)[14]
  • Väikese eurooplase lugemik[13]
  • Usundilood (2006)[15]

Honours and awards

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Leesi has received both Estonian and French honours for his work in education and culture. His awards include:

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Tallinn tänas ja tunnustas teenekat koolijuhti Lauri Leesit elutööpreemiaga". Tallinn (in Estonian). 30 May 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Selgusid aasta õpetaja tänavused laureaadid". Ministry of Education and Research (in Estonian). 5 October 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  3. 1 2 "280. Riiklikud autasud". Office of the President of the Republic (in Estonian). 9 February 1998. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Prantslased annavad Lauri Leesile ordeni" (PDF). Sõnumileht (in Estonian). 3 November 1997. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  5. 1 2 "LEESI, LAURI". Eesti kommunismiohvrid 1940–1991 (in Estonian). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "Ei saa ega tohigi unustada". Eesti Kirik (in Estonian). 5 April 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "Kallista Kann 110". University of Tartu (in Estonian). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Lauri Leesi: Saatus on mind õnnistanud heade laste ja õpetajatega". Õpetajate Leht (in Estonian). 1 June 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "Ma armastan prantsuse keelt". ERR Archive (in Estonian). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "Eesti kooli ja pedagoogika kronoloogia" (PDF). Ministry of Education and Research (in Estonian). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "Tallinna Prantsuse Lütseumi arengukava 2021–2025". Tallinn (in Estonian). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  12. ↑ "Lauri Leesi jätkab lütseumis prantsuse keele õpetajana". ERR (in Estonian). 22 June 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  13. 1 2 "Other dimensions of internationalisation in early childhood and school education". Eurydice. European Commission. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  14. ↑ "Prantsuse keel - minu rõõm : õpik = Le français - ma joie". DIGAR (in Estonian). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  15. ↑ "Usundilood / Lauri Leesi". Eesti rahvusbibliograafia (in Estonian). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  16. ↑ "Oskar Lutsu huumoripreemia". Kirjandusveeb (in Estonian). Tartu City Library. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  17. ↑ "Lauri Leesi". Tallinn (in Estonian). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  18. ↑ "Lauri Leesi". Tallinn. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  19. ↑ "Lauri Leesi pälvis tiitli Estonia teatri sõber 2020". Eesti Teatri Agentuur (in Estonian). 7 September 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
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