Harri Jõgisalu (until 1936 Harri Konstabel; born 24 August 1922 in Korju, Paadrema Parish, Lääne County; died 18 September 2014) was an Estonian children's writer. He wrote mainly about nature and traditional rural life.

During World War II, he fought in the German army. From 1944 to 1946, he was a prisoner of war in Parakhino, Russia. In 1950, he graduated from Tallinn Teachers' Institute and in 1955 from the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute as a teacher of chemistry and biology. From 1947 to 1978, he taught at Märjamaa Secondary School.

Harri Jõgisalu

Selected works

1967: short story "Käopoja tänu" ('The Cuckoo-chick's Thanks') 1982: short story "Kärp" ('The Stoat') 1984: short story "Maaleib" ('Bread of the Land')

Harri Jõgisalu

References

1922 births

2014 deaths

Estonian male short story writers

Estonian children's writers

20th-century Estonian writers

People from Lääneranna Parish

German Army personnel of World War II

Harri Jõgisalu