Rein Saluri (22 September 1939 – 13 October 2023) was an Estonian writer and playwright.[1]

Biography

Rein Saluri was born in Tammiku, Salla Parish (now part of Väike-Maarja Parish). In 1946, when he was seven, Saluri, along with his family, was deported to Tobolsk by Soviet authorities. They were later permitted to return to Estonia in 1951. Saluri graduated from Tartu State University with a degree in biology in 1964.1962–1989, he was a member of Communist Party of the Soviet Union.[1]

Saluri worked as an editor for editors of the popular science magazine Horisont, the youth journal Noorus, the literary magazine Looming and as the literary editor for the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn from 1972 until 1975. He was a member of the Estonian Writers' Union since 1974.[1]

Saluri wrote psychological short stories and plays, as well as children's literature.

Saluri died on 13 October 2023, at the age 84.[2]

Awards

Selected works

  • short story "Mälu" (1972)
  • play "Külalised" (1974)
  • short story "Kõnelused" (1976)
  • short story "Rebane räästa all" (1979)
  • short story "Üks, kaks ja korraga" (1983)
  • short story "Puusõda" (1985)
  • short story "Vaikne elu" (1988)
  • play "Minek" (1989)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Vabar, Sven. "Rein Saluri". sisu.ut.ee. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Suri kirjanik Rein Saluri". Kultuur. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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