Ilmar-Aleksander Talve (until 1936 Thalfeldt; 17 January 1919

Mga Mga () is an types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kirovsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Kirovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Population: The name is almost certainly derived from the iden ...

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– 21 April 2007

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) was an

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n writer and ethnologist. He worked primarily in Sweden and Finland. In 1943, he fled to Finland, and there he joined

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. In 1946, he became a member of the literary group Tuulisui. In 1959, he started teaching at the

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, and in 1986 he became a

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Works

* short story "Ainult inimene". Vadstena: Orto, 1948 * novel "Maja lumes. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1952. * novel "Juhansoni reisid. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1959 * novel "Maapagu. I-II. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1988 * monograph "Eesti kultuurilugu: Keskaja algusest Eesti iseseisvuseni". Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2004

References

1919 births 2007 deaths Estonian male novelists Estonian male short story writers Estonian ethnologists People from Kirovsky District, Leningrad Oblast Estonian military personnel Estonian emigrants to Finland Estonian expatriates in Sweden Finnish military personnel of World War II {{Estonia-writer-stub