Ilmar-Aleksander Talve (until 1936 Thalfeldt; 17 January 1919

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– 21 April 2007

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) was an

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n writer and ethnologist. He worked primarily in Sweden and Finland. In 1943, he fled to Finland and there he joined with

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. From 1946, he was a member of literary grouping Tuulisui. Since 1959, he taught at the

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and in 1986 became a

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Works

* short story "Ainult inimene". Vadstena: Orto, 1948 * novel "Maja lumes. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1952. * novel "Juhansoni reisid. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1959 * novel "Maapagu. I-II. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, 1988 * monograph "Eesti kultuurilugu: Keskaja algusest Eesti iseseisvuseni". Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2004

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Talve, Ilmar 1919 births 2007 deaths Estonian male novelists Estonian male short story writers Estonian ethnologists People from Kirovsky District, Leningrad Oblast Estonian military personnel Estonian emigrants to Finland Estonian expatriates in Sweden Finnish military personnel of World War II