After World War II a number of Estonian exiles
made their way to the USA. Although the Estonian diaspora of
the USA was more numerous than in any other receiving country,
they lived rather dispersedly and thus they did not develop many
cultural centres. Most of their organisations were domiciled
in New York, where a paper called Vaba Eesti Sõna
is still published, and where a substantial magazine Meie
Tee made its appearance from 1931–1983. Several Estonian
Houses and societies took care of local newspapers. In 1965 the
publication of the cultural magazine Mana was transferred
to the USA from Sweden. Publishing houses were quite few. From
1954–1973 the Kultuur publishers managed to issue
30 books, mostly part memoirs. The Nordic Press, originally established
to release the Vaba Eesti Sõna newspaper, also
published a few books. Most of the well-known Estonian authors
living in the USA rather used the services of Orto, Eesti
Kirjanike Kooperatiiv and other publishers active in Sweden.
Most of the Estonian printed matter produced in the USA consists
of publications of various organisations. There were textbooks,
youth editions, spiritual, political, and scientific literature,
and other non-fiction.
