Edgar Valter

Children's Author

Birthday September 21, 1929

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Estonia

DEATH DATE Mar 4, 2006 (76)

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About

Twentieth-century Estonian writer and illustrator of children's fiction. He published over 250 books during his long career and is most famous for his 1994 novel, Pokuraamat (The Book of Pokus).

Before Fame

He started working as a freelance illustrator in the early 1950s.

Trivia

He never graduated from high school.

Family Life

He was raised in Tallin, Estonia as the fourth of eight children.

Associated With

He was born in the same country as fellow writer Oskar Luts.