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Jaan Kross
Jaan Kross in 1987, by Guenter Prust
Born
(1920-02-19)19 February 1920 Tallinn, Estonia
Died
27 December 2007(2007-12-27) (aged 87)
Nationality
Estonian
Alma mater
University of Tartu
Genre
novels
Spouse
Helga Pedusaar Helga Roos Ellen Niit
Children
4, including Kristiina Ross and Eerik-Niiles Kross
Jaan Kross (19 February 1920 – 27 December 2007)[1] was an Estonian writer. He won the 1995 International Nonino Prize in Italy.
^International Herald Tribune: Jaan Kross, Estonia's best known writer, dies at 87
JaanKross (19 February 1920 – 27 December 2007) was an Estonian writer. He won the 1995 International Nonino Prize in Italy. Born in Tallinn, Estonia...
Treading Air (orig. Estonian Paigallend) is JaanKross' thirteenth novel. He tells the story of the generation of Estonians with which he grew up. The...
poor farmer community to an independent nation. In modern times, JaanKross and Jaan Kaplinski are Estonia's best-known and most-translated writers. Among...
primarily thanks to the work of composer Veljo Tormis. In modern times JaanKross and Jaan Kaplinski remain Estonia's best known and most translated writers...
1940, 23,868 titles were published. In modern times A. H. Tammsaare, JaanKross, and Andrus Kivirähk are Estonia's best-known and most translated writers...
Canadian composer of orchestral, vocal, piano and electroacoustic works JaanKross (1920–2007), novelist, nominated for the Nobel prize in literature multiple...
(Estonian for Rakvere Novel) is a 1982 historical novel by Estonian writer JaanKross. It's about Rakvere's struggle for the 1302 gained town rights in the...
composer Eduard Tubin. Tubin finished it in 1968. The libretto is by JaanKross who based on Aino Kallas' novel Barbara von Tisenhusen. The novel depicts...
Three Plagues), a four-part historical novel by modern Estonian writer JaanKross, the first part published in 1970. Miljan, Toivo (2004). Historical Dictionary...
Prime Minister) Andres Kasekamp, historian Emil Kraepelin, psychiatrist JaanKross, writer Kalevi Kull, biosemiotician Madis Kõiv, philosopher and physicist...
Vastutuulelaev) is a 1984 Estonian novel about the astronomer Bernhard Schmidt by JaanKross. An English translation by Eric Dickens was published in January 2012...
katku vahel (Between Three Plagues) is a novel by the Estonian author JaanKross. It was first published in 1970. The main character of the historical...
Martens' Departure (Professor Martensi ärasõit, 1984) by Estonian author JaanKross. In 1952, the German émigré scholar in the US, Arthur Nussbaum, himself...
itself. First recipients was chosen out in 1971 by Tuglas itself. 1971 JaanKross: Neli monoloogi Püha Jüri asjus. Tallinn 1970 Paul Kuusberg: Roostetanud...
JaanKross after a short story by Aino Kallas The Parson of Reigi (Reigi õpetaja), opera (1970–1971); libretto Aino Kallas, completed by JaanKross Requiem...
role in Between Three Plagues, a film based on a historical novel by JaanKross which illuminates the life of Balthasar Russow, a distinguished Estonian...
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