Lilli Promet (16 February 1922 – 16 February 2007) was an

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n author.

Life

Promet was born in

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to the Estonian painter, Aleksander Promet. After finishing Tallinn 18th Elementary School, she entered the State Industrial Art School in 1935, from which she graduated in Spring 1940. In Autumn she was asked to work at the newspaper ''

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''. After the outbreak of World War II, she and her family were forced to leave their home and evacuated to

Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

. In Summer 1943, Promet went to work at

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radio in blocked Leningrad. 1944–1951 she worked as a journalist in Tallinn. Promet died on her 85th birthday in

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. She is buried at the

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cemetery in Tallinn. She was married to writer

Ralf Parve Ralf Parve (until 1978 Ralf Perman; 25 June 1919 Rakvere – 29 April 2011 Tallinn) was an Estonian writer. He was used several pseudonyms: Nähvits, Mart Raju, Rahula Pärn; SMERSh and KGB agent name Peiker. In 1940s he was an editor for youth j ...

(1919–2011). Their son Ralf R. Parve (1946–2008) was a journalist and politician.

Filmography

*''Roosa kübar'' (1963) *''Tütarlaps mustas'' (1966) *''Pimedad aknad'' (1968)

Books

The following is a partial list of works published by Lilli PrometBookFinder's List of Lilli Promet publications
/ref> *''Roosa kübar'' (1961) *''Meesteta küla'' (1962, novel) *''Lamav tiiger'' (1964) *''Kes levitab anekdoote?'' (1967) *''Iibelpuu'' (1970) *''Primavera'' (1971, novel) *''Raamita pildid (1976, essays) *''A Summer's Painting and Other Stories'' (1984) *''Õhtusel alleel'' (1989) *''Iisabel: Romaan'' (1992) *''Aheldatud muusa'' (1997)

References

1922 births 2007 deaths People from Pechory Estonian women writers 20th-century Estonian women writers 21st-century Estonian women writers Burials at Metsakalmistu Soviet writers {{Estonia-writer-stub