Raimond Kaugver (25 February 1926

Rakvere Rakvere is the administrative center, or county seat, of Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia, about 100 km southeast of Tallinn and 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea. Rakvere boasts a distinctive architectural feature: th ...

– 24 January 1992

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) was an

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n writer. In 1943, he escaped to Finland and joined there with

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. In 1944, he returned to Estonia. From 1945 to 1950, he spent in a prison camp at

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; accused as a political prisoner. From 1961, he was a professional writer. He lived in Tallinn. From 1964, he was a member of

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. He died in 1992 and is buried in Metsakalmistu Cemetery.

Selected works

* 1956: short story "Doktor Kollom" ('Doctor Kollom') * 1966: novel "Nelikümmend küünalt" ('Forty Candles') * 1982: novel "Disko" ('Disco') * 1983: novel "Vana mees tahab koju" ('An Old Man Wants to Go Home') * 1988: short story "Elupäästja" ('The Rescuer') * 1988: novel "Kas ema südant tunned sa?" ('Do You Know Your Mother's Heart?')

References

1926 births 1992 deaths 20th-century Estonian writers Estonian male novelists Estonian male short story writers People from Rakvere Burials at Metsakalmistu Estonian volunteers in the Continuation War Estonian Gulag detainees {{Estonia-writer-stub