Enn Vetemaa

[1] His choice of the subject was influenced by his grandfather, a pioneer photographer and radio-engineer, who started photography in 19th century and experimented with radio-transmitting two years after Alexander Popov.

Despite being a very successful student of music Vetemaa decided that he is not as strong as his classmates: now famous Arvo Pärt and Jaan Rääts.

The narrator, a young successful sculptor kandidat of architecture Sven Voore, returns from Moscow to Tallinn to work on a memorial to fallen Soviet soldiers.

His play Õhtusöök viiele (Dinner for Five), first performed in 1972, and the comedy Püha Susanna ehk Meistrite kool (Saint Susanna or the School of Masters), first performed in 1974, demonstrate Vetemaa's sharp eye and witty lines; texts without which Estonian theatre history would not be complete.

[3] In 1983 Vetemaa prepared his most famous text compilation Eesti näkiliste välimäärja (The Reference Book of Estonian Mermaids), which mixes frivolity with popular science.

[citation needed] Speaking about the controversy caused by relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, Vetemma supported the idea of erecting a monument to Boris Yeltsin on the vacant place.