Veiko Belials (born 20 July 1966 in Tapa) is an Estonian writer, poet, and translator. [1]
In 1991, he graduated from the Estonian Academy of Agriculture, studying forestry. In 2003, he graduated from the University of Tartu, studying to be a teacher of technical disciplines. [1]
Since 2000, he has been a teacher at Luua Forestry School. [1]
He is a member of the Estonian Writers' Union. [1]
He has published five poetry collections, several science fiction books, and one children's book. [1]
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Paide Linnameeskond, or simply Paide, is an Estonian professional football club based in Paide that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Paide linnastaadion.
Veiko Õunpuu is an Estonian film director and screenwriter who is best known for his artistic movies Autumn Ball and The Temptation of St. Tony. Õunpuu's films are usually slow-paced artistic movies with eccentric characters.
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Jüri Kallas is an Estonian science fiction expert, translator, publisher and editor. Jüri Kallas has worked for publishers Elmatar and Fantaasia as a compiler and editor. He is currently working on handing out the Estonian Science Fiction Association award Stalker, developing the Estonian science fiction bibliography and is an active contributor for the online science-fiction magazine Reaktor. He has written afterwords for novels and collections. He has translated into Estonian texts by Vladimir Arenev, Alexander Belyaev, Kir Bulychev, Robert E. Howard, Rafał Kosik, Henry Kuttner, H. P. Lovecraft, H. L. Oldie, Viktor Pelevin, Alexandr Siletsky, Mikhail Uspensky, Ilya Varshavsky and others. In addition, Jüri Kallas has worked for different publishers, choosing and editing dozens of crime and romance novels and written forewords for them. He has also published literature criticism and his views and opinions about current political events in Estonia. He has been an editorial board member of the online magazine Algernon.
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