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Jan 29, 1935 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 89 years old
Estonian biologist, nature writer and photographer
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About Fred Jüssi
- Fred Jüssi (born January 29, 1935) is an Estonian biologist, nature writer and photographer.Jüssi was born in Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, where his father worked for a Venezuelan oil company.
- His family returned to Estonia and settled in Tallinn when Jüssi was 3 years old.
- After finishing high school in Tallinn he studied biology and zoology in Tartu University, graduating in 1958.
- He has worked as a school teacher (from 1958 to 1960 in Emmaste, Hiiumaa), as inspector for nature protection (1962–1975), radio broadcaster for Eesti Raadio, freelance writer and nature campaigner.
- In Eesti Raadio he ran the program Looduse aabits (ABC book of nature) from 1976 to 1986.In October 1980, Jüssi was a signatory of the Letter of 40 Intellectuals, a public letter in which forty prominent Estonian intellectuals defended the Estonian language and protested the Russification policies of the Kremlin in Estonia.
- The signatories also expressed their unease against Republic-level government in harshly dealing with youth protests in Tallinn that were sparked a week earlier due to the banning of a public performance of the punk rock band Propeller.In the beginning of the 1990s he was for a few years the president of Estonian Nature Fund.
- Jüssi has published numerous books, articles and audio recordings related to nature.
- He was the first recipient of Eerik Kumari Award, given to him in 1989. Jüssi is probably the most influential person in Estonia engaged in writing, talking and popularising nature.
