Priit Vesilind

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Priit Vesilind
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Priit and Rima Vesilind in 2014
Born
Priit Juho Vesilind

(1943-01-04) 4 January 1943 (age 78)
Tallinn, Estonia
OccupationAuthor, photojournalist
Years active1965–present
Spouse(s)Rima Vesilind

Priit Juho Vesilind (born 4 January 1943) is an Estonian and American senior writer and photojournalist of National Geographic magazine and an author of nonfiction.[1]

Early life and education[]

Vesilind was born in Tallinn. In 1944, when he was one and a half, his mother Aino took him and his brother Aarne and fled to Czechoslovakia. The family was fleeing the Soviet occupation of his homeland during World War II.[2] Later, his father Paul Eduard Vesilind rejoined his wife and children and they spent the next five years after the war in displaced persons camps in Geislingen, West Germany.[2] In 1949 the family emigrated to the United States of America. He spent his childhood in Beaver, a small town in Western Pennsylvania. He is a 1964 graduate of the liberal arts college of Colgate University, located in the town of Hamilton in Madison County, New York, earning a BA in English and then an MA in Communications Photography from Syracuse University.[1]

Career[]

Prior to working for National Geographic, Vesilind served as a lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve, stationed at the Naval Communications Station, Hawaii. He was a reporter and editor for the Atlanta Journal, the , and the Providence Journal. Vesilind's career at National Geographic spanned more than thirty years and he rose to the position of the magazine's Expedition's Editor and Senior Writer.[3]

Vesilind currently works as a freelance editor, writer, and photographer and lives with his wife, Rima, in Manassas, Virginia, USA.[1]

Awards[]

In 2004, Former Estonian President Lennart Meri presented Vesilind with the Order of the White Star, Third Class.[3]

Published works[]

  • National Geographic on Assignment USA, Publisher: National Geographic Books (1997), ISBN 0-7922-7011-8
  • Horse People, Publisher: Bökforlaget Max Ström, Stockholm (2003), ISBN 91-89204-71-9
  • Eestlane Igas Sadamas—An Estonian in every Port, Publisher: Kirjastus Varrak, Tallinn (2004), ISBN 9985-3-0837-9
  • Lost Gold of the Republic: The Remarkable Quest for the Greatest Shipwreck Treasure of the Civil War Era, Publisher: Shipwreck Heritage Press (2004), ISBN 1-933034-06-8
  • Eesti Aastal 1979—Estonia in the Year 1979, Publisher: Kirjastus Varrak (2006), ISBN 9985-3-1344-5, ISBN 978-9985-3-1344-2
  • The Singing Revolution, Publisher: Varrak Publishers Ltd (2008), ISBN 978-9985-3-1623-8
  • When the Noise Had Ended—Geislingen's DP Children Remember, Publisher: Lakeshore Press (2009), ISBN 978-1-61539-531-6: Co-author Mai Maddisson

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Jane Wesman Public Relations
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Interview with Priit Vesilind in journal "Loodus"
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Writer, editor has story to tell in museum display

External links[]

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