Onnepalu (pen name Emil Tode). He received the Baltic Assembly Prize. He lives in Tallinn and on the Estonian Islan of Hiiumaa.

nnepalu... goes further than Milan Kundera... [his work] not only laughs at the dogma of the Soviet era, but also shows, by means of penetrating images, the commercialized mediocrity of the Western democracy. It unmasks the hypocrisy and superficiality of the mechanisms of power, including 'official' culture. -- World Literature Today Radio could be read - and this complex intricately structured novel demands rereading - as the story of how a man's attraction to a sympathetic younger man is impeded by his devotion to a sterile past... -- Paul Binding Times Literary Supplement Onnepalu draws the reader into a unique world that is at once demanding, rewarding, claustrophobic, frustrating, and ultimately heartbreaking. Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide [Radio] demonstrates a complex understanding of the human psyche. World Literature Today