Ilmar Laaban

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Ilmar Laaban
Born	11 December 1921 Tallinn, Estonia
Died	29 November 2000 (aged 78) Stockholm, Sweden
Education	University of Tartu

Ilmar Laaban, (11 December 1921, Tallinn, Estonia – 29 November 2000, Stockholm) was an Estonian poet and literary critic.

Laaban attended the first Tallinn Boys' Gymnasium from 1934 to 1940. In 1939–1940 and 1941–1942 he studied composition and piano at the Tallinn Conservatory. In 1940–1943 Laaban studied Romance languages at the University of Tartu. In 1943, he went to Sweden, fleeing the Occupation of the Baltic states, and continued studying Romance languages and philosophy (1943–1949).

Laaban worked as a lecturer in Stockholm University and was a member of International Association of Art Critics.

Laaban mainly wrote

, Endre Nemes, Franco Leidi, Rafael Bellange, Lech Rzewuski and others.

• "Ankruketi lõpp on laulu algus" (1946)
• "Rroosi Selaviste" (1957)
• "Oma luulet ja võõrast" (1990)
• "Marsyase nahk" (1997)
• "Magneetiline jõgi" (2001)
• "Sõnade sülemid ja sülemite süsteemid" (2004)

• ISBN 91-630-2304-0
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References

• Oskar Kruus, ed. (1995). Eesti Kirjarahva Leksikon.
  ISBN 5-450-02357-X
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