Award
Order of Lenin
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q300783 · wikidata
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Aadu Hint
1910-01-10 – 1989-10-26
Life & Legacy
Aadu Hint (birthname Adolf Edmund Hint; 10 January 1910, Külasema, Muhu Island – 26 October 1989, Tallinn) was an Estonian writer. Most of his books are related to people living on Estonian islands.
After studying in Lümanda and Kuressaare, he worked as a teacher. From 1940 to 1947, he was a deputy in the Supreme Soviet of the ESSR. From second half of 1940s, he was a professional writer and lived in Tallinn.
He was married to Debora Vaarandi (1916–2007) and Minni Nurme (1917–1994). He had eight children. Several of them became writers, such as Eeva Park. He died in 1989. He is buried in Kihelkonna Cemetery, Saare County.
Occupation & Career
writer, teacher, politician, journalist, military personnel
Education
Kuressaare Hariduse School
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Order of Lenin; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Honored Writer of the Estonian SSR; People's Writer of the Estonian SSR; Prize of Soviet Estonia; Friedebert Tuglas short story award
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Friedebert Tuglas short story award · Honored Writer of the Estonian SSR · Order of Lenin · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · People's Writer of the Estonian SSR · Prize of Soviet Estonia
Education & Institutions
Kuressaare Hariduse School
Verified Legacy Record
Award
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q300783 · wikidata
Award
Honored Writer of the Estonian SSR
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q300783 · wikidata
Award
People's Writer of the Estonian SSR
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q300783 · wikidata
Award
Prize of Soviet Estonia
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q300783 · wikidata
Award
Friedebert Tuglas short story award
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q300783 · wikidata
Family Child
Miina Hint
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q300783 · wikidata
Family Child
Eeva Park
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q300783 · wikidata
Family Child
Mare Zaneva
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q300783 · wikidata
Family Father
Aleksander Hint
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q300783 · wikidata
Family Sibling
Johannes Hint
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q300783 · wikidata
Family Spouse
Minni Nurme
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q300783 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q300783 — wikidata View source
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