Gert Helbemäe
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Gert Helbemäe (birth name Gert-Joachim Einborn; 10 November 1913 Tallinn – 15 July 1974 London) was an Estonian writer and journalist. He is known mainly for his historical novels and short stories.[1]
From 1921 to 1933 he studied in Tallinn French Lyceum.[1]
In 1930s he was an executive editor for several newspapers and magazines: Eesti Pildileht, Roheline Post, and Film ja Elu.[1]
In 1944, he fled to Lübeck in Germany.[2] In 1947 he moved to London,[2] and he applied for naturalization in 1952.[3] In London, he issued the newspaper Eesti Hääl, and from 1960 he was also its editor.[2] He also belonged to the board of the Estonian Writers' Cooperative.[1]
He kept pet chipmunks,[4] which are featured in his 1968 work Minni ja Miku: Kaks vöötoravat (published in English as A Chipmunk on my Shoulder).[2][5]
He is buried at Gunnersbury Cemetery in Kensington.[1]
