found: Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2014(Tõnu Õnnepalu; born 13 September 1962 in Tallinn; also known by the pen names Emil Tode and Anton Nigov, is an Estonian poet and author. Õnnepalu studied biology at the University of Tartu from 1980 to 1985. He began his writing career as a poet in 1985 and has published three collections of his works. In 1993 he garnered international attention when his novel Piiririik (English translation: "Border State") was published under his pen name 'Emil Tode'. The book was translated into 14 languages and became the most translated Estonian book of the 1990s. Onnepalu's work often explores topics such as homosexuality, isolation and betrayal)