Harri Jõgisalu

Harri Jõgisalu (2011)

Harri Jõgisalu (until 1936 Harri Konstabel; 24 August 1922 in Korju, Paadrema Parish, Lääne County – 18 September 2014) was an Estonian children's writer. He wrote mainly about nature and traditional rural life.[1]

During World War II, he fought in the German army. From 1944 to 1946, he was a prisoner of war in Parakhino, 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.[1]

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

References

  1. ^ a b Vabar, Sven. "Harri Jõgisalu". sisu.ut.ee. Retrieved 18 January 2021.


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