Yri Naelapea

Yri Naelapea (first name Georg until 1938; May 22, 1896 – May 5, 1969) was an Estonian writer, journalist, and publisher.

Early life and education Yri Naelapea was born on May 22, 1896, at the Pülme farm in Arula, Estonia. operated a farm near Vidrike, where they were breeders of Estonian Red cattle. Karl Naelapea was a public figure active in various societies. The ancestors of the family came from Viljandi County. Naelapea attended the village school in Rebaste, the parish school in Otepää, Hugo Treffner High School in Tartu, and . He became a member of the Estonian Writers' Union in 1929. In the same year, he founded a publishing house in Tartu and started publishing the richly illustrated cultural magazine . Founding, publishing, and editing Olion was Naelapea's greatest achievement; the magazine was one of the highest-quality publications in Estonia at the time, unrivaled in content or form. it was decided to name the branch that separated from it , even though that name had been used before and had no connection with Eesti Raamat. As a result, many people are aware of the publishing house Olion, which existed from 1989 to 2013, but Naelapea's achievement—the cultural magazine Olion published between 1929 and 1960 (albeit irregularly)—remains overshadowed by the former publishing house.

Pseudonyms Naelapea wrote under several pseudonyms. He published short stories and novels under the pseudonym Olaf Rood, and he wrote historical studies under the pseudonym Kaljo Randa.