Arvo Valton
Arvo Vallikivi (born 14 December 1935 in Märjamaa), commonly known under the pen name of Arvo Valton, is an Estonian writer known for a number of books and, among other things, the script for Viimne reliikvia, the highly successful movie adaptation of Eduard Bornhöhe's Vürst Gabriel ehk Pirita kloostri viimsed päevad.
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In October 1980, Valton was a signatory of the Letter of 40 Intellectuals, a public letter in which forty prominent Estonian intellectuals defended the Estonian language and protested the Russification policies of the Kremlin in Estonia.[1] The signatories also expressed their unease against Republic-level government in harshly dealing with youth protests in Tallinn that were sparked a week earlier due to the banning of a public performance of the punk rock band Propeller.[1]
In 1992, Arvo Valton was elected to Riigikogu.
Bibliography
- Veider soov (1963)
- Rataste vahel (1965)
- Kaheksa jaapanlannat (1968)
- Luikede soo. Karussel (1968)
- Sõnumitooja (1972)
- Õukondlik mäng (1972)
- Pööriöö külaskäik (1974)
- Läbi unemaastike (1975)
- Tee lõpmatuse teise otsa (1978)
- Mustamäe armastus (1978)
- Ajaprintsess (1981)
- Võõras linnas (1981)
- Zugluft (1983)
- Arvid Silberi maailmareis (Arvid Silber's Trip Round the World, 1984)
- Üksildased ajas (1983 and 1985)
- Masendus ja lootus (1989)
- Õndsusse kulgev päev (1992)
- Kogutud teosed (Collected works, 1998)
References
- Vahtre, Lauri (28 October 2005). "Ajaleht Pravda ja 40 keisri hullu". Postimees (in Estonian). Retrieved 25 August 2019.