Rein Veidemann (born 17 October 1946, in

Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth-largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second-largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of ...

) 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 literary scholar and politician. He was a member of

VII Riigikogu VII Riigikogu was the seventh legislature of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). The legislature was elected after 1992 election, the first after the Estonian Restoration of Independence. Election results Results: Officers Speaker of the Rii ...

Awards and recognitions

*2009:

Aino Kallas Award The Aino Kallas Award (, also the Aino Kallas Translation Award, ) is an award that recognizes Estonians, Estonian individuals or collectives that have made significant contributions to the development of Estonian–Finnish cultural relations. T ...

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Living people 1946 births Estonian literary scholars Members of the Riigikogu, 1992–1995 Estonian editors Estonian magazine editors Estonian literary critics {{Estonia-1992-Riigikogu-politician-stub