Hint, Aadu 
A summerhouse near Limo beach
Aadu Hint (10 January 10, 1910 Muhu Island – 26 Octobre 1989 Tallinn), Estonian writer. People’s Writer of the Estonian SSR. Member of the CPSU since 1940.
Hint took part in the World War II 1941–45. In addition to the novels „Leprosy” (1934), „The Vatku Lepers’ Hospital” (1936), „The Golden Gates” (1937), and „The Stoker” (1939), he has written short stories and plays. His major work is the tetralogy „The Windy Shores” (books 1–4, 1951–66), individual volumes of which have been adapted for the stage and screen. By describing the fate of several generations of a clan of fishermen, the Tikhus, Hint traces the history of the Estonian people from the early 20th century to the Soviet occupation in Estonia in 1940. In The Windy Coast, a realistic depiction of manners and customs is combined with lyricism and psychological insight. Hint’s epic tetralogy is an important achievement of Soviet Estonian literature and has been translated into many languages.
Hint received the State Prize of the Estonian SSR in 1950 and 1967.
Friedebert Tuglas Novel Prize in 1982
Hint has been awarded three orders (including the Order of Lenin in 1980) and various medals.
He was a deputy to the ninth convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
Aadu Hint and Ruhnu
Many Estonian people of culture found their way to Ruhnu in the 1960s. Aadu Hint had a summerhouse on the island near Limo beach, quite many pages of the „The windy Shores” have been written there. Hint was also a supporter of the culture of the small islands and in the middle of 1960, he proposed a competition idea between the two islands. The Kihnu-Ruhnu games originate from that idea.
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