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Gert Helbemäe
Gert Helbemäe (birth name Gert-Joachim Einborn; 10 November 1913 Tallinn – 15 July 1974 London) was an Estonian writer and journalist. He is known mainly for his historical novels and short story, short stories. From 1921 to 1933 he studied in Tallinn French Lyceum. In 1930s he was an executive editor for several newspapers and magazines: ''Eesti Pildileht'', ''Roheline Post'', ''Film ja Elu''. In 1944, he fled to Lübeck in Germany. In 1947 he moved to London. In London, he issued the newspaper ''Eesti Hääl'', and from 1960 was also its editor. He also belonged to the board of the Estonian Writers' Cooperative. He is buried at Gunnersbury Cemetery in Kensington. Works * 1947: short story collection "Vaikija" ('The Silent One') * 1955: novel "Õekesed" ('The Little Sisters') * 1957–1958: novel "Sellest mustast mungast I and II ('About that Black Monk', I and II) * 1960: novel "Ohvrilaev" ('The Ship to Delos') References {{DEFAULTSORT:Helbemäe, Gert 1913 births 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ''maakond'' (county). Tallinn is the main financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Estonia. It is located northwest of the country's second largest city Tartu, however only south of Helsinki, Finland, also west of Saint Petersburg, Russia, north of Riga, Latvia, and east of Stockholm, Sweden. From the 13th century until the first half of the 20th century, Tallinn was known in most of the world by variants of its other historical name Reval. Tallinn received Lübeck city rights in 1248,, however the earliest evidence of human population in the area dates back nearly 5,000 years. The medieval indigenous population of what is now Tallinn and northern Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
