BIO

Keijo Kangur is an author and photographer from Estonia who has published articles, reviews, short stories, travelogues, photo books, and a novel. He writes in Estonian and English.

Coming from a working-class background, he has worked as a telemarketer, in construction, at a warehouse, at a pizza parlor, as a postal sorter, as a data entry clerk, at call centers, at an airline, and as an anti-money laundering and fraud investigator.

His inspiration for writing comes from his own life, from philosophy, and from authors such as Bukowski, John Fante, and Mark SaFranko. His favorite novel is No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai. Above all, he prefers works that are based on their authors’ own experiences.

His own work consists mainly of autobiographical fiction, with a focus on the darker and seedier side of human existence.