About

Known credits:
10
Birthday:
1942-01-19
Place of birth:
Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Website:
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Paul-Eerik Rummo

Overview

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
1989 Üks pilk Betti Alverile Writing Writer N/A
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1983 Trammivasikas Writing Writer N/A
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1980 The Master of Kõrboja Writing Screenplay 58
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1978 The Boy and the Butterfly Writing Writer N/A
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1976 Summer Writing Writer 59
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1974 Colourbird Writing Writer 58
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1973 The Flight Writing Writer 58
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1971 Endless Day Writing Writer N/A
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1970 Elavad mustrid Writing Writer N/A
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Sound
1970 The Last Relic Sound Songs 59
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