Dagmar Normet

Estonian writer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroEstonian writer
A.K.A.Dagmar Randa
A.K.A.Dagmar Randa
PlacesEstonia Russia
wasAuthor Writer Teacher Translator Linguist
Work fieldAcademia Literature Social science
Gender
Female
Birth13 February 1921, Tallinn, Estonia
Death16 October 2008Tallinn, Estonia (aged 87 years)
Star signAquarius
Family
Spouse:Leo Normet
Children:Ingo Normet Haldi Normet-Saarna
The details

Biography

Dagmar Normet (February 13, 1921 – October 16, 2008 Tallinn) was an Estonian literary author and translator.

Biography

Dagmar Rubinstein was born February 13, 1921, in Tallinn. From 1940 till 1945, her name was Dagmar Randa.

Normet studied in Ulyanovsk in the Soviet Union at the Pedagogical Institute, and in Moscow at the Moscow Institute of Physical Education. In 1945, Normet returned to Tartu in Estonia to teach sport at the Tartu State University. From 1945-1960, Dagmar was married to the Estonian composer Leo Normet, with whom she had a son Ingo and a daughter Haldi.

Selected works

  • "Maalesõit" (1948)
  • "Me ehitame maja" (1957)
  • "Vöödiline hobune" (Play 1968)
  • "Lo Tui" (Essay; 1973)
  • "Delfiinia" (1975)
  • "Suur saladus" (Radio drama; 1977)
  • "Une-Mati, Päris-Mati ja Tups" (1979)
  • "Kümme ust" (1985)
  • "Une-Mati rannakülas" (1986)
  • "Ernst Idla – võlur Tallinnast" (1991)
  • "Naeratuste vikerkaar" (1992)
  • "Lõvi ja lohe" (1993)
  • "Avanevad uksed" (2001)
  • "... ainult võti taskus" (2004)
Translation
  • Mira Lobe "Vanaema õunapuu otsas" (1973)
  • Mira Lobe "Hiir kipub välja" (1984)
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