Leida Kibuvits ( Kupits; 18 October 1907 Kurepalu, Tartu County – 5 December 1976 Tallinn) was an Estonian writer.

From 1922 to 1924, she studied at Pallas Art School, being a student of Konrad Mägi. After graduating, she worked as a pharmacist assistant, later as a printer and from 1929, she worked as a typist at the Ministry of Defence. From 1933 to 1944, she was a professional writer.

Leida Kibuvits

From 1938, she was a member of the Estonian Writers' Union.

Leida Kibuvits

In 1950, she was deported to Solikamsk in Siberia; she was accused of anti-Soviet activities during the German occupation of Estonia during World War II. In 1954, she was able to return to Estonia.

Leida Kibuvits

In 1931, she married lieutenant August Kibuvits (1904–1967). In 1948, she married communist Leo Aisenstadt (1912–1975).

She died in 1976 and is buried at Metsakalmistu Cemetery.

Selected works

1932: novel Soomustüdruk ('Armored Girl') 1936: novel ('The Cat Thinks That ...') 1940: short story ('Small Stone')

References

1907 births

1976 deaths

Estonian women novelists

Estonian women short story writers

20th-century Estonian women writers

Estonian translators

Gulag detainees

Burials at Metsakalmistu

People from Kastre Parish

Soviet writers