fiction.wikisort.org - Writer

Raimond Kaugver (25 February 1926 Rakvere – 24 January 1992 Tallinn) was an Estonian writer.[1]

In 1943, he escaped to Finland and joined there with Finnish Infantry Regiment 200. In 1944, he returned to Estonia. From 1945 to 1950, he spent in a prison camp at Vorkuta in Siberia; accused as a political prisoner.[1]

From 1961, he was a professional writer. He lived in Tallinn. From 1964, he was a member of Estonian Writers' Union.[1]

He died in 1992 and is buried in Metsakalmistu Cemetery.[1]

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

---