Heinz Valk

{{Short description|Estonian artist, caricaturist and politician}}

File:Heinz Valk, kunstnik ja poliitik Kiek in de Kökis 2017.jpg

Heinz Valk (birth name Heinrich Valk; born March 7, 1936, in Gatchina) is an Estonian artist, caricaturist and politician. He is credited for coining the term "Singing Revolution"{{cite book |title=Between Utopia and Disillusionment |last=Vogt |first=Henri |year=2005 |publisher=Berghahn Books |isbn=978-1-57181-895-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nI73PdnqQlcC}} ({{langx|et| laulev revolutsioon}}) and its slogan "One day, no matter what, we will win!"{{cite web|url=https://vp2006-2016.president.ee/en/media/press-releases/1465-president-ilves-presented-a-commemorative-stone-for-the-restoration-of-independence-to-artist-heinz-valk/index.html |title=President Ilves presented a commemorative stone for the restoration of independence to artist Heinz Valk |access-date= |publisher=Office of the President Public Relations Department }} ({{langx|et|Ükskord me võidame niikuinii!}}) some of the most famous and prophetic sentences describing the Estonians' non-violent freedom fight in 1988–1991 against the then Soviet occupation regime, which eventually was indeed successful as Estonians "won" when the country restored its full independence in August 1991.

Valk was married to the ceramist Mall Valk (née Sooster, 1935–1976).{{cite news |last1=Laid |first1=Kadi |title=Teine suguvõsanäitus esitleb Soostereid |url=https://dea.digar.ee/cgi-bin/dea?a=d&d=hiiuleht20091229.1.8&e=-------et-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA------------- |access-date=March 3, 2024 |work=Hiiu Leht |issue=101 |date=December 29, 2009 |page=8}}