Juhan Smuul

Juhan Smuul
Monument to Juhan Smuul
Monument to Juhan Smuul
BornJohannes Schmuul
(1922-02-18)February 18, 1922
Koguva, Estonia
DiedApril 13, 1971(1971-04-13) (aged 49)
Tallinn, Estonia
OccupationWriter, journalist
NationalityEstonian
Notable worksJäine raamat (The Frozen Book)
Notable awardsPeople's Writer of the Estonian SSR (1965)
Spouse
(m. 1945; div. 1951)
(m. 1952)

Juhan Smuul (18 February 1922 – 13 April 1971) was an Estonian writer. Until 1954 he used the given name Johannes Schmuul. Smuul was one of the most recognized writers in Soviet Estonia and was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia, a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR, chairman of the Estonian Writers' Union, secretary of the board of the Union of Soviet Writers.