Enn Vetemaa
Enn Vetemaa (born June 20, 1936 in Tallinn) is an Estonian writer sometimes referred as a "forgotten classic" as well as "the unofficial master of the Estonian Modernist short novel".
Biography
Vetemaa was born in Tallinn to a family of an architect. He graduated from Tallinn Polytechnic Institute in 1959 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. His choice of the subject was influenced by his grand father a pioneer photographer and radio-engineer, who started photography in 19th century and experimented with radio-transmitting two years after Alexander Popov.
Without working out the required three years Vetemaa abandoned his engineering career and entered Tallinn Conservatoire that he graduated from in 1965. Despite being a very successful student of music Vetemaa decided that he is not as strong as his classmates: now famous Arvo Pärt and Jaan Rääts. Vetemaa abandoned music and returned to writing poetry.
First publications of Vetemaa's poetry were in 1958. He published books of poetry Critical Age (Russian: Переломный Возраст ) in 1962 and Game of snowballs (Russian: Игра в Снежки) in 1966. He became a notable figure among the young poets of Estonia but his ironic and rational intellect forces to switch into prose.
'Enn Vetemaa' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Püha Susanna ehk meistrite kool (1983)
Actors: Edgar Kask (actor), Tõnu Kattai (actor), Ago-Endrik Kerge (actor), Urmas Kibuspuu (actor), Gunnar Kilgas (actor), Vambola Kivi (actor), Jüri Krjukov (actor), Tõnis Lepp (actor), Tiit Lilleorg (actor), Kalju Orro (actor), Artur Reimel (actor), Raivo Tenno (actor), Aarne Üksküla (actor), Luule Aasnurm (actress), Mati Härmatis (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Vetemaa, Enn Filmography
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1988, role: writer
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1983, role: writer
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1981, role: miscellaneous crew
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1981, role: writer
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1979, role: writer
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1977, role: writer
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1977, role: writer
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1976, role: writer
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1972, role: writer
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1972, role: writer
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1970, role: miscellaneous crew
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1970, role: writer
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1968, role: writer
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1968, role: writer
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