About Villem Gross
Lived 1922 – 2001 (aged 79). Villem Gross was an Estonian and Russian writer and journalist.
Villem Gross (pseudonym Ott Varangu; born on 11 January 1922 Tartu – died on 6 April 2001) was an Estonian writer.
During World War II he served in the 8th Estonian Rifle Corps. After the war he held a journalist job. From 1950 he was a member of Estonian Writers' Union.
Selected works 1955: play Ankeet ('Questionnaire') 1975: novel Talvepuhkus ('Winter Holiday') 1978: novel Vaikimise motiivid ('Motifs of Silence')
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Who was Villem Gross?
Estonian writer (1922-2001)
When was Villem Gross born?
Villem Gross was born on 22 January 1922 in Tartu.
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Villem Gross died on 6 April 2001 in Tallinn.
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Villem Gross was a writer and journalist.
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Villem Gross was Estonian and Russian.
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