Aino Pervik

Writer Apr 22 (died age 93) Rakvere, Viru County, Estonia [now Lääne-Viru County] 1978–1998 (20 year career)

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Biography

Aino Pervik (April 22, 1932, Rakvere – August 12, 2025) was an Estonian children's writer, and translator. She was "considered the bravest children's writer" in contemporary Estonia, as "she takes on difficult themes of immigration, cultural conflict, corruption, and the loss of cultural identity". Pervik began her schooling at Järvakandi Factories in 1939, continued in 1946–1950 in Tallinn, and graduated from Tartu State University in 1955 with a degree in Finno-Ugric philology. Pervik has li…