Uno Laht
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Uno Laht (born 1924) was the first Estonian writer and poet who dared to point out the pathologies of Soviet everyday life in poetry. Laht is an ex-KGB officer who had taken part in arrests and deportations in 1940s.
His sharp, humorous satires were popular from the start especially the collections Piimahambad ("Milk Teeth", (1954) and its second version Piimahambad (plombeeritud) ("The Milk Teeth, Filled", (1956). The subject matter includes "shock troops" (work battalions sent to pioneer new agricultural and industrial collective projects), cultural restriction, time wasting bureaucracy and other phenomena of Soviet life. Laht has published several books, mostly (satirical) poetry and humor. In 1975, Laht was awarded the Tuglas Prize for his short story "We Good Fellows All Over the Earth". He has declared his political views changed at the restoration of the Estonian independence. He left the Union of Writers and rejected the lucrative status of Soviet War Veteran.
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