Andres Ehin

{{Short description|Estonian writer and translator}}

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Andres Ehin (14 March 1940 – 10 December 2011) was an Estonian writer and translator.{{cite web |last1=Merilai |first1=Arne |title=Andres Ehin - Estonian Writers' Online Dictionary |url=https://sisu.ut.ee/ewod/e/andresehin |website=sisu.ut.ee/ewod |access-date=25 January 2021 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Caddel |first1=Richard |title=Live Poets' Society Wins Free Speech |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-andres-ehin-1940-2011/164585125/ |work=The Guardian |date=15 November 1991 |location=London, UK |page=A6 |access-date=3 February 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} In 1964 he graduated from University of Tartu, studying Estonian philology (especially Finno-Ugric studies). From 1972 to 1974 he was the senior scientific editor of Estonian Soviet Encyclopaedia. From 1972 he was a member of Estonian Writers' Union. From 1968 to 1989 he was a member of Communist Party. In 1990 he joined Estonian Social Democratic Party.

He married Ly Seppel (Ehin). Their daughter is poet Kristiina Ehin.

He died in 2011 and was buried in Pärnamäe Cemetery in Tallinn.