Vaino Vahing (15 February 1940 – 23 March 2008) was an Estonian writer, prosaist, psychiatrist and playwright. Starting from 1973, he was a member of the Estonian Writers Union.

Early life

Vlahing was born in Aravu, Põlva County. In 1963 he attended the University of Tartu, Faculty of Medicine, qualifying as a Doctor of Medicine in 1969. Vahing wrote many articles about psychiatry, but also literature, including novels, books and plays with psychiatric and autobiographical influences. He acted in several Estonian films. He died in Tartu.

List of works

Honors

Personal

Vahing was married to writer Maimu Berg and actress Heli Vahing. From his marriage with Berg he had a daughter, Julia Laffranque, former justice in the Supreme Court of Estonia and current European Court of Human Rights judge.