Henrik Visnapuu

Henrik Visnapuu was born on 2 January 1890 at the Maardina farm, in the parish of Helme, the son of a farm labourer who moved his family from farm to farm. In 1907 he passed the teacher's certificate in Narva, taught in several schools, began studies in Tartu that he did not finish, and was a press correspondent during the War of Independence. A co-founder of the Siuru group in 1917, he lived by his pen, edited journals and became a cultural adviser to the State. He lost his wife during the war, fled in 1944, emigrated in 1949 to the United States and died on Long Island on 3 April 1951.

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• PoetryAmoresHenrik Visnapuu · 1917not translated into EnglishLiterature