Peeter Helme

{{Short description|Estonian writer, journalist, and literary critic}}

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Peeter Helme (born 6 September 1978 in Tallinn) is an Estonian writer, journalist, and literary critic.{{cite web |title=Opinion digest: President's Independence Day speech boring and generic |url=https://news.err.ee/685807/opinion-digest-president-s-independence-day-speech-boring-and-generic |website=ERR |access-date=28 January 2021 |language=en |date=25 February 2018}}

Since 2014, he has been the literature editor for Vikerraadio. In 2020 he was convicted of attempted sexual enticement of minor.{{Cite web |date=30 November 2020 |title=Court convicts Peeter Helme of attempted sexual enticement of minor |url=https://news.err.ee/1189687/court-convicts-peeter-helme-of-attempted-sexual-enticement-of-minor |access-date=19 March 2024 |website=ERR |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=17 August 2021 |title=Kirjanik Peeter Helme süüdimõistmine jõustus |url=https://www.err.ee/1608309659/kirjanik-peeter-helme-suudimoistmine-joustus |access-date=19 March 2024 |website=ERR |language=et}}

He is the nephew of politician Mart Helme and first cousin of politician Martin Helme.

Selected works

  • novel [https://books.google.com/books?id=EH-pPgAACAAJ Puudutus], 2007. {{ISBN|978-9985-9752-8-2}}.
  • short story Lihtne, 2008
  • novel September, 2009
  • short story Laps, 2010
  • novel Varastatud aja lõpus, 2011
  • horror story Saemehe töö, 2013
  • novel Tuleviku mäletajad. Sofia, 2013
  • short story Pringlikütid Vabaduse väljakul, 2014
  • short novel Sügaval läänes, 2015

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