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Vaino Vahing
2008Mar, 23

Vaino Vahing

Vaino Vahing, Estonian psychiatrist, author, and playwright (b. 1940)
Vaino Vahing (15 February 1940, in Aravu, Põlva County – 23 March 2008, in Tartu), was an Estonian writer, prosaist, psychiatrist and playwright.

Starting from 1973, he was a member of the Estonian Writers Union.

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