Valev Uibopuu

Valev Uibopuu (19 October 1913 Vana-Antsla Parish (now Antsla Parish), Kreis Werro – 18 March 1997 Lund) was an Estonian writer.

[1] In 1943, he fled to Finland, where he was involved with the Estonian-language newspaper Malevlane, and in 1944 he relocated to Sweden,[1] where he was involved with another Estonian newspaper.

[2] From 1954 to 1970, he worked for Estonian Writers' Cooperative publishing house and was also its chairman.

[1] He died in 1997 in Lund, but he is buried at Lüllemäe Cemetery in Karula.

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