Valev Uibopuu

|death_place = Lund, Sweden }} Valev Uibopuu (19 October 1913 Vana-Antsla Parish (now Antsla Parish), Kreis Werro – 18 March 1997 Lund) was an Estonian writer. He is one of the most known Estonian expatriate writers.

In 1943, he fled to Finland, where he was involved with the Estonian-language newspaper ''Malevlane'', and in 1944 he relocated to Sweden, where he was involved with another Estonian newspaper.

From 1954 to 1970, he worked for Estonian Writers' Cooperative publishing house and was also its chairman. From 1970 to 1980, he taught at Lund University and at the same time he was the director of the university's Finno-Ugric Institute.

He died in 1997 in Lund, but he is buried at Lüllemäe Cemetery in Karula. Provided by Wikipedia