Vaino Vahing

Vaino Vahing (15 February 1940 Meeksi, Tartumaa - 23 March 2008 Tartu), was an Estonian writer, prosaist, psychiatrist and play-wright. Starting from 1973 member of Estonian Writers Union

Education and career

* 1963 - University of Tartu, Faculty of Medicine
* 1969 - Doctor of medicine
* 1963 - 1965 - head of department and deputy of the doctor-director at the psycho-neurological clinic in Jämejala
* 1965 - 1967 - doctor at the Tartu psychiatry clinic
* 1967 - 1975 - expert in forensic psychiatry
* 1968- 1981 - lecturer and later docent at the Institute of Psychiatry of the University of Tartu

Vaino Vahing has written many articles about psychiatry, but also literature - novels, books and plays with psychiatric and autobiographical influence. He has played in several Estonian films.

Books and Novels in Estonian

* Lugu (Perioodika 1970)
* Kaemus (Eesti Raamat 1972)
* Sina (Perioodika 1973)
* E me ipso (Eesti Raamat 1990)
* Kaunimad jutud (Ilmamaa 1995)
* Thespis (Ilmamaa 1997)
* Machiavelli kirjad tütrele (Eesti Raamat 1990)
* Mängud ja kõnelused (Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2002)
* Hermaküla
* Noor Unt (Perioodika 2004)
* Vaimuhaiguse müüt (Ilmamaa 2005)
* Näitleja (Vagabund 2006)
* Päevaraamat I (2006)
* Päevaraamat II (2007)

Honors

* Estonian White Cross, fourth category

Personal

Vaino Vahing has been married to writer Maimu Berg and actress Heli Vahing. From the marriage with Maimu Berg he has a daughter Julia Laffranque, justice at the Supreme Court of Estonia

References

Estonica [http://www.estonica.org/eng/lugu.html?kateg=41&menyy_id=742&alam=57&leht=6 Literature:The Fifties and Sixties]