Jaan Kärner

Male, Deceased Person

1891 – 1958

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Who was Jaan Kärner?

Jaan Kärner was an Estonian poet and writer. He is known especially for his nature poetry. Many of his poems were set to music by Estonian composers of choral music. Kärner also wrote numerous novels, plays, literary criticism, and scientific literature and historical treatises. He translated works from German and Russian, most notably the poems of Heinrich Heine into Estonian in 1934.

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Born
May 27, 1891
Rõngu Parish
Died
Apr 3, 1958
Tartu

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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