The Estonian Writers' Online Dictionary (abbreviated as EWOD, in Estonian 'Eesti kirjanike e-leksikon', abbreviated as EKEL) is an online reference work that compiles biographical and bibliographic information about Estonian writers in English and Estonian. The dictionary is compiled and published by the Department of Literature and Theatre Research at the Institute of Cultural Research at the University of Tartu; its editors-in-chief are the professors of literature Jüri Talvet and Arne Merilai, and the managing editor is Sven Vabar. The project was launched in 2014.Arne Merilai, "Eesti kirjanike leksikon – täiesti võimalik", Sirp, 1. IV 2024
According to Arne Merilai, the goal of EWOD is “to accumulate essential foreign- and native-language information about Estonian literature and its reception in both Estonia and abroad”. The lexicon was primarily intended to fill the gap in the dissemination of systematic information about Estonian literature outside Estonia, which is why the project was launched in English. The next stage was publishing articles in Estonian, as the publication of comprehensive literary lexicons in Estonia has not continued since the Estonian Writers’ Dictionary (Eesti kirjanike leksikon) compiled by Oskar Kruus (2000), and the need for updated information persists.Sven Vabar, "A major new ongoing Estonian literary-cultural project", ELM: Estonian Literary Magazine, No. 2, 2019, pp. 18-19Jüri Talvet, "Mis on Ewod? Milleks?", Looming 8/2020
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Arne Merilai, "Eesti kirjanike leksikon – täiesti võimalik", Sirp, 1. IV 2024 Sven Vabar, "Rahvuskirjandusest globaalsete võrgustike poole", Sirp, 9. IV 2021 Sven Vabar, "Mis on Ewod?", Sirp, 9. IV 2021 Jüri Talvet, "Mis on Ewod? Milleks?", Looming 8/2020 Sven Vabar, "A major new ongoing Estonian literary-cultural project", ELM: Estonian Literary Magazine, No. 2, 2019, pp. 18–19