Villem Gross (pseudonym Ott Varangu; born on 11 January 1922

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– died on 6 April 2001) was an

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n writer. During

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he served in the 8th Estonian Rifle Corps. After the war he held a journalist job. From 1950 he was a member of Estonian Writers' Union.

Selected works

* 1955: play ''Ankeet'' ('Questionnaire') * 1975: novel ''Talvepuhkus'' ('Winter Holiday') * 1978: novel ''Vaikimise motiivid'' ('Motifs of Silence')

References

1922 births 2001 deaths Writers from Tartu Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Estonian dramatists and playwrights Estonian journalists 20th-century Estonian novelists Estonian male novelists Estonian male poets Soviet writers 8th Estonian Rifle Corps personnel Honoured Writers of the Estonian SSR Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour {{Estonia-writer-stub