{{Short description|Estonian biosemiotician and poet}}
thumb|Timo Maran '''Timo Maran''' (born 13 April 1975) is an Estonian biosemiotician and poet.<ref name="ETIS">{{cite web |title=CV: Timo Maran |url=https://www.etis.ee/CV/Timo_Maran/est |website=www.etis.ee |access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> He has remarkably contributed to zoosemiotics and ecosemiotics.
In 2012-2024, he was the head of the Department of Semiotics, University of Tartu.<ref name="ut.ee_contacts">{{cite web |title=Homepage of Timo Maran |url=http://lepo.it.da.ut.ee/~timo_m/index_en.html |website=lepo.it.da.ut.ee |access-date=12 April 2024}}</ref>
Membership in organizations:<ref name="ut.ee_research">{{cite web |title=Homepage of Timo Maran |url=http://lepo.it.da.ut.ee/~timo_m/akadeemiline_en.html |website=lepo.it.da.ut.ee |access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> * Estonian Naturalists' Society (vice-president 2007–2010) * Estonian Semiotics Association (vice-chairman 2006–2008, 2010–2012) * Estonian Literary Society * Estonian Writers' Union * European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture and Environment (member of advisory board since 2010) * International Society for Biosemiotic Studies (member of the executive board 2010–2012, vice-president since 2012) * Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (member of the board 2011-...)
==Works== * 2001 poetry collection "Põhjavesi" (Erakkond) * 2007 poetry collection "Metsa pööramine" (Erakkond) * 2007 poetry collection "Poeetiline punane raamat / Poetics of Endangered Species" (Ukraina Kultuurikeskus, Ajakirjade Kirjastus) * 2015 poetry collection "Las ma ümisen" (Allikaäärne) * 2015 children stories "Kodukakk, päevakoer ja teised" (Päike ja Pilv) * 2017 monograph "Mimicry and Meaning: Structure and Semiotics of Biological Mimicry" (Springer) * 2019 poetry collection "Metsloomatruudus" (Elusamus) * 2020 monograph "Ecosemiotics. The Study of Signs in Changing Ecologies" (Cambridge University Press) * 2023 collection of selected poems "Ainult puudutused on" (Verb)
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