Enn Vetemaa

About

Twentieth-century Estonian writer who became a master of the Estonian Modernist novella. He is perhaps best known for Monument, a work published in 1966.

Before Fame

He studied chemical engineering at Tallinn Polytechnic Institute and later trained as a musician at the Tallinn Conservatoire.

Trivia

His poetry collections include Critical Age and Game of Snowballs.

Family Life

His father was an architect, and his grandfather was a photographer and radio engineer.

Associated With

He was a contemporary of American writer Joseph Heller.