
Lennart Meri
Known for
Writing
Born
March 29, 1929
Birthplace
Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Died
March 14, 2006 (aged 76)
Biography
Lennart Georg Meri (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈlenˑɑrt ˈgeorg ˈmeri]; March 29, 1929 – March 14, 2006) was an Estonian politician, writer, and film director. He served as the second president of Estonia from 1992 to 2001. Meri was among the leaders of the movement to restore Estonian independence from the Soviet Union.
Meri was born in Tallinn, a son of the Estonian diplomat and later Shakespeare translator Georg Meri, and Estonian Swedish mother Alice-Brigitta Engmann. With his family, Lennart left Estonia at an early age and studied abroad, in nine different schools and in four different languages. His warmest memories were from his school years in Lycée Janson de Sailly in Paris. In addit...
Best known work
Filmography
TBA
SilverwhiteBook
2015
Those Who Dareas Self (archive footage)
2006
The Singing Revolutionas Self (archive footage)
1997
The ShamanDirector
1991
1989
Son of Torumas Himself, Director
1986
The Sounds of KalevaDirector, Writer
1978
The Winds of the Milky WayDirector, Writer
1970
Between Three PlaguesScript Editor
1970
The Last RelicScript Editor
1970
The Waterfowl PeopleDirector, Writer
1969
WerewolfScript Editor
1967
Letters from the Island of the InsaneScript Editor
1967
The Midday FerryScript Editor
1966
Pikk StreetWriter









