Peeter Helme (born 6 September 1978 in
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...
) is an
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
n writer, journalist, and
literary critic
A genre of arts criticism, literary criticism or literary studies is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical analysis of literature' ...
.
Since 2014, he has been the literature editor for
Vikerraadio.
In 2020 he was convicted of attempted sexual enticement of minor.
He is the nephew of politician
Mart Helme
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Mart Helme (, born 31 October 1949) is an Estonian politician, diplomat and historian who served as the Ministry of the Interior (Estonia), Minister of the Interior from 2019 to 2020. He was the longtime chairman of the national conservative Co ...
and first cousin of politician
Martin Helme
Martin Helme (born 24 April 1976) is an Estonian politician and current leader of the Conservative People's Party of Estonia, Conservative People's Party (EKRE). From 2019 to 2021 he was the country's Minister of Finance (Estonia), Minister of ...
.
Selected works
* novel
Puudutus', 2007. .
* short story ''Lihtne'', 2008
* novel ''September'', 2009
* short story ''Laps'', 2010
* novel ''Varastatud aja lõpus'', 2011
* horror story ''Saemehe töö'', 2013
* novel ''Tuleviku mäletajad. Sofia'', 2013
* short story ''Pringlikütid Vabaduse väljakul'', 2014
* short novel ''Sügaval läänes'', 2015
References
1978 births
Living people
Estonian journalists
Estonian literary critics
Estonian male novelists
Estonian male short story writers
University of Tartu alumni
21st-century Estonian writers
Writers from Tallinn
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