of Literature of the Estonian SSR (The Inquisitive Film Camera, A Story with Flying Saucers) 1974: IBBY Honour List (Three Jolly Fellows. 1) 1978: Honored Writer of the Estonian SSR 1980: Annual J. Smuul Award for Literature (Three Jolly Fellows. 1) 1987: Estonian State Prize (Three Jolly Fellows. 1–4) 1996: Karl Eduard Sööt Children's Poetry Award (posthumously) (A Fish Takes a Walk) References 1928 births 1996 deaths People from Tartu Estonian children's writers 20th-century Estonian writers University of Tartu alumni