Dagmar Normet (born Dagmar-Sarlia Rubinstein; 13 February 1921 – 16 October 2008 Tallinn) was an

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Biography

Dagmar Normet was born Dagmar-Sarlia Rubinstein on 13 February 1921, in

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into a

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family. From 1940 till 1945, her name was Dagmar Randa. Normet studied in

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in the

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at the Pedagogical Institute, and in

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at the Moscow Institute of Physical Education. In 1945, Normet returned to

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in Estonia to teach sport at the

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. From 1945-1960, Dagmar was married to the Estonian

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Leo Normet, with whom she had a son Ingo and a daughter Haldi.

Selected works

* "Maalesõit" (1948) * "Me ehitame maja" (1957) * "Vöödiline hobune" (Play 1968) * "Lo Tui" (Essay; 1973) * "Delfiinia" (1975) * "Suur saladus" (Radio drama; 1977) * "Une-Mati, Päris-Mati ja Tups" (1979) * "Kümme ust" (1985) * "Une-Mati rannakülas" (1986) * "Ernst Idla – võlur Tallinnast" (1991) * "Naeratuste vikerkaar" (1992) * "Lõvi ja lohe" (1993) * "Avanevad uksed" (2001) * "... ainult võti taskus" (2004) ;Translation * Mira Lobe "Vanaema õunapuu otsas" (1973) * Mira Lobe "Hiir kipub välja" (1984)

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20090204000517/http://elm.einst.ee/issue/19/short-outlines-books-estonian-authors/ Estonian translators Estonian Jews 2008 deaths 1921 births 20th-century translators Writers from Tallinn 20th-century women writers 20th-century Estonian women writers 21st-century Estonian women writers Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class Soviet writers {{Estonia-translator-stub