Leida Tigane (21 May 1908

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...

– 13 February 1983

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) was an

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n prose and children's writer. In 1927, she graduated from Girls' Gymnasium of Estonian Youth Education Society. After that, she had several jobs: working for the scientific publisher Teaduslik Kirjandus, working for the newspaper ''

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'', and working for the cultural newspaper '' Sirp ja Vasar''. From 1949, she was a member of

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Works

* "Hunt ja kutsikas" (1948) * "Jutte lastele" (1955) * "Lugu kahest laisast varesest" (1959) * "Mina oskan paremini" (1952) * "Peremees ja sulane" (1958) * "Seitse pastlapaari" (1974) * "Tera siit ja teine sealt" (1968) * "Vanaema maja" (1946) * "Vikerkaar" * "Sõber meriröövel" * "Palun seda härrat"

References

1908 births 1983 deaths 20th-century Estonian women writers Estonian children's writers Estonian women children's writers Estonian women short story writers Writers from Tartu {{Estonia-writer-stub