Vaino Vahing
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Early life
Vlahing was born in Aravu, Põlva County. In 1963, he attended the University of Tartu, Faculty of Medicine, qualifying as a Doctor of Medicine in 1969.
- 1963–1965 – head of department and deputy of the doctor-director at the psycho-neurological clinic in Jämejala
- 1965–1967 – doctor at the Tartu psychiatry clinic
- 1967–1975 – expert in forensic psychiatry
- 1968–1981 – lecturer and later docent at the Institute of Psychiatry of the University of Tartu
Vahing wrote many articles about psychiatry and literature, including novels, books, and plays influenced by psychiatric and autobiographical factors.
He acted in several Estonian films. He died in Tartu.
List of works
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Honors
- Estonian White Cross, fourth category
Personal
Vahing was married to writer Maimu Berg and actress Heli Vahing. From his marriage to Berg, he had a daughter, Julia Laffranque, a former justice in the Supreme Court of Estonia and current European Court of Human Rights judge.
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- 1940 births
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- People from Räpina Parish
- Estonian male novelists
- Estonian dramatists and playwrights
- Estonian psychiatrists
- 20th-century Estonian novelists
- 20th-century dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Estonian novelists
- 21st-century dramatists and playwrights
- Male dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century Estonian male writers
- 21st-century Estonian male writers
- University of Tartu alumni
- Recipients of the Estonian SSR State Prize
- Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class