Urmas Vadi (Estonia)

Urmas Vadi (1977) is an award-winning author who writes both drama and prose. Among his works are plays such as „Peeter Volkonski viimane suudlus” (“Peeter Volkonski’s Last Kiss”), „Millest tekivad triibud” (“How Stripes Are Formed”), „Kus sa oled, Juhan Liiv?” (“Where Are You, Juhan Liiv?”), „Furby tagasitulek” (“The Return of Furby”), and prose books including “Neverland,” „Ballettmeister” (“The Ballet Master”), „Tagasi Eestisse” (“Back to Estonia”) and others. Last year, he released the novel „Kuu teine pool” (“The Other Half of the Moon”) and the play „Sada grammi taevasina (“A Hundred Grams of Sky Blue”) was staged at the Vanemuine Theatre.