Salme Ekbaum
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Salme Ekbaum (until 1941 Salme Neumann; 21 October 1912 Paistu Parish, Viljandi County – 10 September 1995 Toronto) was an Estonian writer and poet.[1]
She graduated from University of Tartu, studying pharmacy. In 1944 she fled the Soviet occupation of Estonia to Sweden and in 1949 moved to Canada.[1]
From 1950 she was a member of Estonian Writers' Union in Exile and a member of PEN Club.[1]
She died in 1995 and is buried in Paistu Cemetery. Her sister was writer Minni Nurme.[1]
