Heljo Mänd (until 1934 Heljo Kleinmüller, 1934–1946 Heljo Raidla; 11 February 1926 in

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– 6 December 2020) was an

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n children's writer, novelist, newspaper editor and poet. She studied at Tallinn Secondary School of Business, and . In 1956 she was an editor for the children and youth newspaper ''Säde'', from 1958 until 1965 she was an editor for the children’s magazine '' Pioneer'', and 1960 until 1965 an editor for the children’s magazine '' Täheke''. Since 1965 she was a freelance writer. Since 1961 she was a member of

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Selected works

* television script: "Mõmmi ja aabits" ('Teddy's ABC') * television script: "Nõiakivi" ('The Magic Stone') * 1968: story "Toomas Linnupoeg" ('Thomas Bird-Boy') * 1971: alphabet book "Karu-aabits" ('Teddy's ABC'), * 1984: short-story collection "Väikesed võililled" ('Little Dandelions'). * 2017 poem "Salasõna" ('Password')

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1926 births 2020 deaths Estonian children's writers Estonian women children's writers Estonian women poets 20th-century Estonian poets 21st-century Estonian poets 20th-century Estonian women writers 21st-century Estonian women writers Estonian women novelists Estonian women magazine editors Estonian magazine editors Estonian newspaper editors Estonian women newspaper editors Estonian women short story writers People from Narva {{Estonia-writer-stub