Ralf Parve (until 1978 Ralf Perman; 25 June 1919

Rakvere Rakvere is a town in northern Estonia and the administrative centre of the Lääne-Viru ''maakond'' (county), 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. Rakvere is the 8th most populous urban area in Estonia. Rakvere has a tota ...

– 29 April 2011

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) was an

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n 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 journal Pioneer. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, he was mobilized into

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

. From 1951 he was a professional author. From 1947 to 1989 he was a member of

CPSU "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first)Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...

. From 1945 he was a member of

Estonian Writers' Union The Estonian Writers Union (Eesti Kirjanike Liit, abbreviated EKL), is a professional association of Estonian writers and literary critics.Marje Jõeste, Küllo Arjakas, ''The Baltic States'', Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers, 1991, page 64 Hist ...

. His spouse was the writer

Lilli Promet Lilli Promet (16 February 1922 – 16 February 2007) was an Estonian author. Life Promet was born in Petseri to the Estonian painter, Aleksander Promet. After finishing Tallinn 18th Elementary School, she entered the State Industrial Art School ...

. He died in Tallinn and he is buried in

Metsakalmistu Cemetery Metsakalmistu (meaning ''Forest Cemetery'') is a cemetery in the Pirita district of Tallinn. Metsakalmistu was originally planned to be a public medieval cemetery. Eduard Vilde was the first to be buried in 1933. The original area of the cemet ...

Selected works

* 1958: poetry collection "Avatud värav" ('The Open Gate') * 1964: poetry collection "Lüüriline stenogramm" ('Lyrical Shorthand') * 1969: selection "Tuulenooled" ('Wind-arrows')

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Parve, Ralf 1919 births 2011 deaths Estonian male poets Estonian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Estonian writers 21st-century Estonian writers People from Rakvere Soviet military personnel of World War II Soviet writers Soviet poets