Hando Runnel (born on 24 November 1938 Liutsalu,

Järva County Järva County ( et, Järva maakond or ''Järvamaa''; german: Jerwen; la, Jervia) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in the central part of the country and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Jõgeva County to the south-east, ...

) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n poet. 1957–1962 he studied

agronomy Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation. Agronomy has come to include research of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and ...

Estonian Agricultural Academy The Estonian University of Life Sciences ( Estonian: ''Eesti Maaülikool'', EMÜ) located in Tartu, Estonia, is the former Estonian Agricultural University, which was established in 1951 and renamed and restructured in November 2005. Eesti Maa� ...

. 1966–1971 he worked on editorial board of journal ''

Looming ''Looming'' is a term found in the study of perception, as it relates directly to psychology. Looming occurs when an object begins moving closer to the eye. As the resulting image becomes increasingly larger on the perceiver's retina, i.e., when ...

''. From 1992 he has been chairman of the governing council of Ilmamaa Publishers. He was

chief editor An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

of the series ''

Eesti mõttelugu ''Eesti mõttelugu'' ( Estonian for ''The Story of Estonian Thought'') is a book series of essay collections by Estonian historical thinkers, published by Ilmamaa since 1994. The editor-in-chief and publisher is the Estonian poet Hando Runnel. Ac ...

'' ('Estonia History of Thought').

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Runnel, Hando 1938 births Living people 20th-century Estonian poets 21st-century Estonian poets Estonian male poets People from Järva Parish