Arved Viirlaid
Arved Viirlaid was born on April 11, 1922. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Arved Viirlaid
Arved Viirlaid (April 11, 1922 – June 21, 2015) was an Estonian-Canadian writer. Viirlaid was born in Padise, Harju County, Estonia. Arved Viirlaid fought in the Estonian regiment in Finland during the Second World War, returning to Estonia in 1944. He escaped from Soviet-occupied Estonia, settling first in the United Kingdom, and then moving to Canada in 1953. Viirlaid published 9 novels and several collections of poetry. His first novel, Tormiaasta (The Year of Storms), was published in 1949. In 1952, he published Ristideta hauad (Graves Without Crosses), which was translated from Estonian…