Vaino Vahing

Updated on Oct 10, 2024

Edit

Comment

Name Vaino Vahing		Role Writer

Died March 23, 2008, Tartu, Estonia

Margus Kiis Vaino Vahingust Tartu Ravila 60 juures 9. aprill 2011

Vaino Vahing (15 February 1940 in Aravu, Tartu County – 23 March 2008 in Tartu), was an Estonian writer, prosaist, psychiatrist and playwright. Starting from 1973, he was a member of Estonian Writers Union.

Education and career

1963 – University of Tartu, Faculty of Medicine

1969 – Doctor of medicine

1963–1965 – head of department and deputy of the doctor-director at the psycho-neurological clinic in Jämejala

1965–1967 – doctor at the Tartu psychiatry clinic

1967–1975 – expert in forensic psychiatry

1968–1981 – lecturer and later docent at the Institute of Psychiatry of the University of Tartu

Vaino Vahing has written many articles about psychiatry, but also literature – novels, books and plays with psychiatric and autobiographical influence. He has played in several Estonian films.

List of works

Lugu (Perioodika 1970)

Kaemus (Eesti Raamat 1972)

Sina (Perioodika 1973)

E me ipso (Eesti Raamat 1990)

Kaunimad jutud (Ilmamaa 1995)

Thespis (Ilmamaa 1997)

Machiavelli kirjad tütrele (Eesti Raamat 1990)

Mängud ja kõnelused (Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2002)

Hermaküla

Noor Unt (Perioodika 2004)

Vaimuhaiguse müüt (Ilmamaa 2005)

Näitleja (Vagabund 2006)

Päevaraamat I (2006)

Päevaraamat II (2007)

Honors

Estonian White Cross, fourth category

Personal

Vaino Vahing has been married to writer Maimu Berg and actress Heli Vahing. From the marriage with Maimu Berg he has a daughter Julia Laffranque, former justice at the Supreme Court of Estonia and current European Court of Human Rights judge.

References

Vaino Vahing Wikipedia

(Text) CC BY-SA