Viiding, inspired by her father's career as an actor and her mother's love for music, graduated from school in 1999 as an actress. She studied violin.
Literary career
Viiding debuted under a pseudonym in 1991. She published four anthologies under her pseudonym. After her father's death in 1995, she began to publish her works under her real name. Themes and Style Viiding writes mainly about the oppressed. It is her opinion that every person is controlled and oppressed by someone else. She also uses her poetry to address what she sees as shortcomings in the Estonian educational system. She writes directly to her reader and her tone is extremely ironic. When her poetry is compared with that of other Estonian writers, it seems to be more masculine than feminine. Published works: collection of poetry "Telg" Kassett ´ 90, collection of poetry „Laeka lähedus", collection of poetry "Võlavalgel", collection of prose "Ingelheim", collection of poetry "V", selection of poetry in Finnish "Paljastuksia", „Kaardipakk“ , collection of poetry "Esimene tahe", collection of poetry "Teatud erandid", selection of poetry in Swedish "För en stämma", collection of poetry "Selge jälg", „Kaardipakk Kaks“ , collection of short stories "Püha Maama", collection of poetry "Meie paremas maailmas". In anthologies: Prose: "Välismaa naised", "Best European Fiction 2010", Dalkey Archive Press, edited by Aleksandar Hemon, translated by Eric Dickens Poetry: "Verden Finnes ikke på kartet", Forlaget Oktober AS, Oslo 2010, edited by Pedro Carmona-Alvarez and Gunnar Wærness. Translated by Turid Farbregd Poems: "The Baltic Quintet: Poems from Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden", edited by Edita Page, translated by Eric Dickens, Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd. 2008 Poems: "New European poets" . St. Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, 2008, translated by Eric Dickens Poems: "Viie tunni tee. Five Hours Away“ in Swedish literary magazine "00-tal", translated by Eric Dickens Elo Viiding's poetry in web: , translated by Irja Grönholm More of Elo Viiding in web: https://web.archive.org/web/20120814051107/http://elm.estinst.ee/issue/20/elo-viiding-poet-who-plays-social-nerves/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120814051126/http://elm.estinst.ee/issue/20/poetry-elo-viiding/ http://nordicvoices.blogspot.com/2009/03/elo-viiding.html http://nordicvoices.blogspot.com/2009/05/elo-viiding-mothers-day.html
