Mehis Heinsaar

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Mehis Heinsaar (born 1 August 1973) is an Estonian writer. He has mainly written short stories. His stories represents the style of magical realism. [1]

He has won many awards, for example, the Friedebert Tuglas Short Story Award three times (2000, 2002, 2010). [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Vabar, Sven. "Mehis Heinsaar". sisu.ut.ee. Retrieved 12 January 2021.