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Paul-Eerik Rummo

Known For
Writing

Known Credits
1

Gender
Male

Birthday
January 19, 1942 (84 years old)

Place of Birth
Tallinn, Harju County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

Paul-Eerik Rummo

Biography

Paul-Eerik Rummo (born January 19, 1942) is an Estonian poet, playwright, translator and politician who was the former Estonian Minister of Culture and Education, as well as the former Estonian Minister of Population Affairs.

Rummo was born in Tallinn, the son of Estonian writer Paul Rummo. Paul-Eerik studied literature at the University of Tartu, graduating in 1965. Rummo has worked in Estonian theatres. In October 1980, Rummo 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. 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.

In the novel Purge (in Finnish Puhdistus) by Sofi Oksanen, Rummo's poetry becomes a symbol of resistance against Russification in Estonia, sprinkled throughout the narrative.

Known For

Writing

1990Brides of Death...Writer
1989Üks pilk Betti Alverile...Writer
1983Tram Calf...Writer
1980The Master of Kõrboja...Screenplay
1978The Boy and the Butterfly...Writer
1976Summer...Writer
1974Colourbird...Writer
1973The Flight...Writer
1971Endless Day...Writer
1970Elavad mustrid...Writer

Sound

1970The Last Relic...Songs

Acting

2000Esto TVas Self