Eve Pormeister

Eve Pormeister
Pormeister in 2016
Born (1956-04-19) 19 April 1956
CitizenshipEstonian
Academic background
Alma materLeipzig University; University of Tartu
Academic work
DisciplineGerman studies; literary studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Tartu; Tartu City Library
Notable worksGrenzgängerinnen (2010); Näen, kuulan, tunnetan (2021)

Eve Pormeister (born 19 April 1956) is an Estonian Germanist, literary scholar, critic and cultural mediator. She taught at the University of Tartu and has also worked at the Tartu City Library.

She is known for scholarship on German-language Swiss literature, including a monograph on the Swiss writers Gertrud Leutenegger and Silja Walter, and for the Estonian-language essay and interview collection Näen, kuulan, tunnetan (2021), which received substantial critical attention in major Estonian literary journals and media.