Helvi Jürisson

Helvi Jürisson (5 October 1928 – 16 September 2023) was an Estonian poet, translator, and children's book author, awarded the Order of the White Star, Medal Class, of the Republic of Estonia in 2001.

[1] Jürisson was born in Tallinn and graduated from the University of Tartu in 1953, where she studied medicine.

[2] She had a son Peeter Volkonski (born 1954), from her marriage to composer Andrei Volkonsky, and a daughter Kerttu Soans (born 1961), from her marriage to Olev Soans.

She died on 16 September 2023, at the age of 94.

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