Heljo Mänd (until 1934 Heljo Kleinmüller, 1934-1946 Heljo Raidla; 11 February 1926

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– 6 December 2020) was an

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n children's writer, novelist, newspaper editor and poet. She studied at Tallinn Secondary School of Business, and . In 1956 she was an editor for the children and youth newspaper ''Säde'', from 1958 until 1965 she was an editor for the children’s magazine ''

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'', and 1960 until 1965 an editor for the children’s magazine ''

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''. Since 1965 she was a freelance writer. Since 1961 she was a member of

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Selected works

* television script: "Mõmmi ja aabits" ('Teddy's ABC') * television script: "Nõiakivi" ('The Magic Stone') * 1968: story "Toomas Linnupoeg" ('Thomas Bird-Boy') * 1971: alphabet book "Karu-aabits" ('Teddy's ABC'), * 1984: short-story collection "Väikesed võililled" ('Little Dandelions'). * 2017 poem "Salasõna" ('Password')

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mand, Heljo 1926 births 2020 deaths Estonian children's writers Estonian women children's writers Estonian women poets 20th-century Estonian poets 21st-century Estonian poets 20th-century Estonian women writers 21st-century Estonian women writers Estonian women novelists Estonian editors Estonian women editors Estonian magazine editors Women magazine editors Estonian women short story writers People from Narva