Lilli Promet

Writing

Born: February 16, 1922

Lilli-Linda Promet (February 16, 1922 – February 16, 2007) was an Estonian author. Promet was born in Petseri to the Estonian painter Aleksander Promet. After graduating from Tallinn Primary School No. 18, she entered the State Industrial Art School in 1935, from which she graduated in spring 1940. In autumn, she was asked to work at the newspaper Noorte Hääl. After the outbreak of World War II, she and her family were forced to leave their home and evacuated to Tatarstan. In summer 1943, Promet went to work at Estonian-language radio in blockaded Leningrad. From 1944 to 1951, she worked as a journalist in Tallinn. Promet died on her 85th birthday in Tallinn. She is buried at the Metsakalmistu cemetery in Tallinn. She was married to writer Ralf Parve (1919–2011). Their son Ralf R. Parve (1946–2008) was a journalist and politician.