Mari Saat
Illustration — Mari Saat Mari Saat (Mari Meel since 1975; born 27 September 1947 in Tallinn) is an Estonian writer. In 1970, Saat graduated from the Tallinn Polytechnical Institute's faculty of economics. She holds a Doctorate in Economics.
Mari Saat

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- Born
- 1947. · Tallinn.
- Nationality
- Estonia.
- Occupation
- writer and economist.
- Education
- Tallinn University of Technology.
- Languages
- Estonian.
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Illustration — Mari Saat Mari Saat (Mari Meel since 1975; born 27 September 1947 in Tallinn) is an Estonian writer. In 1970, Saat graduated from the Tallinn Polytechnical Institute's faculty of economics. She holds a Doctorate in Economics.
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Mari Saat (born 1947) is an Estonian economist and writer. The economist was born in Tallinn.
Mari Saat studied at Tallinn University of Technology. The economist worked for Tallinn University of Technology. Languages used include Estonian.
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• 1973: Katastroof • 1978: What do we do about Mother?, 189 pp. • 1980: novel Laanepüü. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 159 pp. • 1985: Õun Valguses ja Varjus, 144pp. • 1990: novel Võlu ja vaim. 1. raamat. Loomade ränded". Tallinn: Õllu, 140 pp. • 2000: novel Sinikõrguste tuultes... Tallinn: Varrak, 117 pp. • 2008: novel Lasnamäe lunastaja. Tallinn: Tuum, 149 pp. • 2009: Mina Ise, 42 pp. • 2011: Päkapikuõpetus, 24 pp. • 2014: Oakesed Kaunas (collection of short stories) • 2015: Matused ja Laulupeod

Estonian economist and writer Mari Saaat at the Helsinki Book Fair 2011
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1947
Mari Saat born at Tallinn.
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Since 1976, she has been a member of the Estonian Writers' Union. During the period of 1983–1993, she was a professional writer. She is married to the artist Raul Meel. She has served on the Press Council of Estonia (Pressinõukogu). In 2024, she teaches Business Ethics at Tallinn University of Technology.
• 1974 and 1985: Friedebert Tuglas short story award • Estonian Cultural Endowment’s Prose Award in 1992, 1999 and 2008
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- 1.Mari Saat. sisu.ut.ee.
- 2.Estonian Literature Centre website, Mari Saat
- 3.Providus website, Information about the Estonian Press Council, article dated March 29th, 2003
- 4.Vagabond Voices website, Mari Saat
- 5.Books From Scotland website, The Saviour of Lasnamäe
- 6.GoodReads website, What do we do about Mother?
- 7.GoodReads website, Õun valguses ja varjus
- 8.Head Reed website, Mari Saat, article dated November 2017
- 9.GoodReads website, Mari Saat
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