Salme Ekbaum (until 1941 Salme Neumann; 21 October 1912 Paistu Parish,

Viljandi County Viljandi County ( et, Viljandi maakond or ''Viljandimaa''; german: Kreis Fellin) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in southern Estonia bordering Pärnu, Järva, Jõgeva, Tartu and Valga counties. History Viljandimaa, under the ...

– 10 September 1995

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) was an

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n writer and poet. He graduated from

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

, studying pharmacy. In 1944 she escaped to Sweden and in 1949 moved to Canada. From 1950 she was a member of Estonian Writers' Union in Exile and a member of

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. She died in 1995 and is buried in

Paistu Paistu is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Until October 2013, it was the administrative centre of Paistu Parish Paistu Parish ( et, Paistu vald) was a rural Municipalities of Estonia, municipal ...

Cemetery. Her sister was writer

Minni Nurme Minni Katharina Nurme (born 30 October 1917 in Aidu, Viljandi County, Aidu Parish, today Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County; died 22 November 1994 in Tallinn) was an Estonian writer. Life and career Born Minni Neumann, Nurme graduated from the gir ...

Works

* 1959: novel ''Varjude maja'' (''House of Shadows'') * 1975: novel ''Vang, kes põgenes'' (''The Prisoner Who Escaped'') * 1979: novel ''Kohtumine lennujaamas'' (''Meeting at an Airport'')

References

External links

Salme Ekbaum at Estonian Writers' Online Dictionary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ekbaum, Salme 1912 births 1995 deaths 20th-century Estonian women writers Estonian women poets 20th-century Estonian poets University of Tartu alumni People from Viljandi Parish Estonian World War II refugees Estonian emigrants to Canada