Harri Jõgisalu (until 1936 ''Harri Konstabel''; 24 August 1922 in Korju, Paadrema Parish, Lääne County – 18 September 2014) was an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n children's writer. He wrote mainly about nature and traditional rural life. During

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, he fought in the German army. From 1944 to 1946, he was a

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, Russia. In 1950, he graduated from Tallinn Teachers' Institute and in 1955 from the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute as a teacher of chemistry and biology. From 1947 to 1978, he taught at Märjamaa Secondary School.

Selected works

* 1967: short story "Käopoja tänu" ('The Cuckoo-chick's Thanks') * 1982: short story "Kärp" ('The Stoat') * 1984: short story "Maaleib" ('Bread of the Land')

Awards

*1962:

Honored Teacher of the Estonian SSR Honored Teacher of the Estonian SSR () was an honorary title in the Estonian SSR, which the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Estonian SSR awarded to teachers from 1945 to 1989. Recipients *1945: Johannes Käis, Juhan Lang, Enn Murdmaa, ...

References

1922 births 2014 deaths Estonian male short story writers Estonian children's writers 20th-century Estonian writers People from Lääneranna Parish German Army personnel of World War II {{Estonia-writer-stub