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Raimond Kaugver

ライモンド・カウグヴェル

Raimond Kaugver

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1926-02-25 （Rakvere）
Died
1992-01-24 （Tallinn） age 65
Nationality
Estonian
Languages
Estonian
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Tallinn

Career

Occupations
writer
Active Years
1961-1992
Memberships
Estonian Writers' Union

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Doktor Kollom

1956 short story

Nelikümmend küünalt (Forty Candles)

1966 novel

Disko

1982 novel

Vana mees tahab koju (An Old Man Wants to Go Home)

1983 novel

Elupäästja (The Rescuer)

1988 short story

Kas ema südant tunned sa? (Do You Know Your Mother's Heart?)

1988 novel

Health

  • Political prisoner
    1945-1950
    Spent in prison camp at Vorkuta, Siberia

Legacy

Estonian writer

Trivia

  • Escaped to Finland in 1943 and joined Finnish Infantry Regiment 200
  • Returned to Estonia in 1944
  • Buried in Metsakalmistu Cemetery in 1992