Mart Raud (14 September 1903 – 6 July 1980) was 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, playwright and writer.

History

Mart Raud was born in Aidu,

Kreis Fellin Kreis Fellin (''Viljandi kreis'', ''Феллинский уезд'') was one of the nine subdivisions of the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northern part of the governorate (in present-day southern Estonia). I ...

Governorate of Livonia The Governorate of Livonia, also known as the Livonia Governorate, was a Baltic governorate of the Russian Empire, now divided between Latvia and Estonia. Geography The shape of the province is a fairly rectangular in shape, with a maximum ...

. He attended the village school in

Heimtali Heimtali is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. It has a population of 235 (as of 4 January 2010). Heimtali Manor Heimtali estate (german: Heimtal, Heimthal) has a history that goes back to at least 1528, when it is mentione ...

(today

Pärsti Parish Pärsti Parish ( et, Pärsti vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Viljandi County. After the municipal elections held on 20 October 2013, Pärsti Parish was merged with Paistu, Saarepeedi and Viiratsi parishes to form a new Viljandi P ...

) and the parish schools in

Paistu Paistu is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Until October 2013, it was the administrative centre of Paistu Parish Paistu Parish ( et, Paistu vald) was a rural Municipalities of Estonia, municipal ...

and

Viljandi Viljandi (, german: Fellin, sv, Fellin) is a town and municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 17,407 in 2019. It is the capital of Viljandi County and is geographically located between two major Estonian cities, Pärnu and Tartu ...

. Later he attended the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

studying literature. In the 1920s, Raud joined the literary movement Arbujad. After the 1940

Soviet occupation of Estonia The Estonian SSR,, russian: Эстонская ССР officially the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic,, russian: Эстонская Советская Социалистическая Республика was an ethnically based adminis ...

, however, he was loyal to the new regime and distanced himself from his previous literary companions, many of whom were deported to Siberia. He was married twice. From his first marriage to the educator Lea Raud he had son, children's writer

Eno Raud Eno Raud (15 February 1928 – 10 July 1996) was an Estonian children's writer. His works are considered classics in Estonia as well as in the other former Soviet countries. Raud was included in International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY ...

. His second marriage to the translator Valda Raud resulted in daughter Anu Raud and son Annus Raud. His grandchildren are scholar and author

Rein Raud Rein Raud (born 21 December 1961) is an Estonian scholar and author. Early life He was born in 1961 in the family of Eno Raud and Aino Pervik, both children's authors. He is the eldest of three children. His younger brother Mihkel Raud is a ...

, musician and journalist

Mihkel Raud Mihkel Raud (born 18 January 1969) is an Estonian writer, music artist, actor, and a former member of the Estonian parliament. He is best known for his book ''Musta pori näkku'' and as a former host of an Estonian talk show on TV3. Persona ...

and artist and writer

Piret Raud Piret Raud (born 15 July 1971) is a contemporary Estonian author and illustrator. Biography Piret Raud was born 15 July 1971. She is the daughter of Estonian children's authors Eno Raud and Aino Pervik. Her brothers are scholar and author Rei ...

References

1903 births 1980 deaths People from Viljandi Parish People from the Governorate of Livonia Estonian male poets Soviet poets Soviet male writers 20th-century male writers 20th-century Estonian poets Soviet military personnel of World War II People's Writers of the Estonian SSR Estonian magazine editors Looming (magazine) editors {{estonia-poet-stub