Lehte Hainsalu

Lehte Hainsalu (married name Lehte Sööt; born 31 October 1938, Haaslava Parish, Tartu County) is an Estonian writer, poet and politician.

[1] In 1961 she graduated from Tartu State University, having studied Estonian philology.

[1] From 1981 to 1990, she was the head of Tartu division of the Estonian Writers' Union.

[1] She has won many awards, including the Friedebert Tuglas short story award (1987), and the Karl Eduard Sööt Prize for Children's Poetry (1992, 2015).

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