About Mart Raud (writer)
Mart Raud (14 September 1903 – 6 July 1980) was an Estonian poet, playwright and novelist. == Early life and education == Mart Raud was born in Aidu, Kreis Fellin, Governorate of Livonia today Viljandi County, Estonia. In 1923, he took the high school final exams in Tallinn as an external student. In 1923-1924, he studied violin at the Tartu High School of Music and was an audit at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Tartu. == Career == Raud debuted as a poet in 1919. He was part a collective of friends who were later named "Arbujad" which represented a new direction in Estonian poetry before the World War II. Raud's first verse collections "Kangastused" (revelations), published in 1924 and the following "Äitsmik" in 1925 contain romantic visions of nature and use dialects. In the collection "Rusemed" (1927), the author's drifting towards more social poetry can be noticed. In the 1920s, in parallel with his poetry, he also started publishing short prose. His novels "Videvikus varvalgeni" (Dusk to dawn) in 1927 won the second prize in the annual Loodus publishing house competition and "Tuulte teedel" (On the roads of the winds) in 1928 won the third prize. On 19 October 1931, Mart Raud was sentenced to three years in prison for forging the signatures on promissory notes.
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