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Arvo Valton

  • Arvo Vallikivi
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Valton, Arvo
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Date of birth
1935-12-14
Place of birth
Märjamaa
Date of death
2024-07-26
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Arvo Vallikivi (14 December 1935 – 26 July 2024), commonly known under the pen name of Arvo Valton, was an Estonian writer known for a number of books and, among other things, the script for Viimne reliikvia, the highly successful film adaptation of Eduard Bornhöhe's Vürst Gabriel ehk Pirita kloostri viimsed päevad.

In October 1980, Valton 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 1992, Arvo Valton was elected member of parliament (Riigikogu). Valton died on 26 July 2024, at the age of 88.

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Vanad arvedHardcover?1981
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Goodreads Author ID
2828250
ISNI
0000000109201958
LibraryThing Author
valtonarvo
MusicBrainz Artist ID
667bfb87-3758-4718-920e-4d5a22bf29a3
OpenLibrary Author ID
OL273260A
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84136901
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Q717522

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