Ilmar Talve


Ilmar-Aleksander Talve was an Estonian writer and ethnologist. He worked primarily in Sweden and Finland.
In 1943, he fled to Finland, and there he joined Finnish Infantry Regiment 200.
In 1946, he became a member of the literary group Tuulisui.
In 1959, he started teaching at the University of Turku, and in 1986 he became a professor emeritus.

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