Enn Nõu (born 2 October 1933 in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

) is an Estonian writer.University of Oklahoma, ''World literature today'', Volume 52, University of Oklahoma Press, 1978, p148

Life and work

Nõu was born the son of the Estonian agricultural scientist Joosep Nõu (1906–1999). In 1944 the family fled the approaching

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian language, Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist R ...

to Sweden. From 1953 to 1961 Nõu studied medicine at the

University of Uppsala Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. The university rose to significance durin ...

. He then worked as a lung specialist. From 1979 Nõu was a lecturer at the Medical Faculty of Uppsala University. In 1957 he married the Estonian exile writer

Helga Nõu Helga Nõu (née Raukas; born 22 September 1934 in Tartu) is an Estonian writer, best known for her novels ''Kass sööb rohtu'' (1965), ''Tiiger, tiiger'' (1969), and ''Pea suu!'' (1983). She was invested with the Order of the White Star in 200 ...

(née Raukas, born 1934). Nõu was one of the leading organizers of Estonian exile community in Sweden and was politically active against the

Soviet occupation of Estonia The Estonian SSR,, russian: Эстонская ССР officially the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic,, russian: Эстонская Советская Социалистическая Республика was an National delimitation in ...

. He became famous as a writer, known for his naturalistic and richly detailed prose. Between 1999 and 2000, Nõu was the last Chairman of the Estonian Association of Writers Abroad (Välismaine Eesti Kirjanike Liit).

Works (selection)

* ''Pidulik Marss'' (novel, 1968, 1992) * ''Vastuvett'' (collection of short stories, 1972, 1995) * ''Lõigatud tiibadega'' (novel, 1976, 1994) * ''Pärandusmaks'' (novel, 1976, 1994) * ''Nelikümmend viis'' (novel, 1984, 1996) * ''Koeratapja'' (novel, 1988, 1993, 2009) * ''Presidendi'' kojutulek (novel, 1996) * ''Mõtusekuke viimane kogupauk'' (novel, 2005) * ''Vabariigi pojad ja tütred I osa'' (novel, 2010) * ''Vabariigi pojad ja tütred II osa'' (novel, 2011) * ''Vabariigi pojad ja tütred III osa'' (novel, 2012) * ''Ma armastasin rootslast ehk Sollefteå suvi'' (novel, 2013) * ''Saaremaa eleegia'' (novel, 2015) * ''Poisteraamat'' (novel, 2016) * ''Elu ja aeg'' (memories, 2019) * ''Ufa umbsõlm'' (documentary novel 2020) * ''Tont teab'' (anthology of short stories, editor and co-author, 1968) * ''Tõotan ustavaks jääda...Eesti Vabariigi valitsus 1940-1992'' (Collection of historical writings and documents; editors: Mart Orav and Enn Nõu, Enn Nõu is also co-author)(2004) * ''Kuusteist Eesti kirja'' (anthology of short stories, co-author, 2018)

References

1933 births Living people Estonian male novelists Estonian World War II refugees Estonian emigrants to Sweden Writers from Tallinn 20th-century Estonian novelists 21st-century Estonian novelists Estonian male short story writers Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class {{Estonia-writer-stub