Johannes Semper (22 March [ O.S. 10 March] 1892 – 21 February 1970) [1] was an Estonian poet, writer, translator and politician.
He was born in Pahuvere (now Viljandi Parish), Kreis Fellin, in the Governorate of Livonia. A student and later a prominent scholar at the University of Tartu, he was briefly nominated as Minister for Education of Estonia when the country was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940. [2]
He wrote the lyrics of the Anthem of Estonian SSR. [3]
He died in Tallinn and was buried at the Metsakalmistu.
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- 1892 births
- 1970 deaths
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- People from Kreis Fellin
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- Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class
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Johannes Semper (22 March [ O.S. 10 March] 1892 – 21 February 1970) [1] was an Estonian poet, writer, translator and politician.
He was born in Pahuvere (now Viljandi Parish), Kreis Fellin, in the Governorate of Livonia. A student and later a prominent scholar at the University of Tartu, he was briefly nominated as Minister for Education of Estonia when the country was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940. [2]
He wrote the lyrics of the Anthem of Estonian SSR. [3]
He died in Tallinn and was buried at the Metsakalmistu.
- ^ Eesti biograafiline andmebaas ISIK. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ Eesti biograafiline andmebaas ISIK. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ Eesti biograafiline andmebaas ISIK. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
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Johannes Semper at Wikimedia Commons
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| This article about a translator from Estonia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1892 births
- 1970 deaths
- People from Viljandi Parish
- People from Kreis Fellin
- Estonian Socialist Revolutionary Party politicians
- Estonian Independent Socialist Workers' Party politicians
- Communist Party of Estonia politicians
- Education ministers of Estonia
- People's commissars and ministers of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Members of the Estonian Constituent Assembly
- Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1940–1947
- Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1947–1951
- Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1963–1967
- Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1967–1971
- Looming (magazine) editors
- Estonian male poets
- Estonian translators
- Estonian magazine editors
- 20th-century translators
- 20th-century Estonian poets
- Estonian essayists
- University of Tartu alumni
- People's Writers of the Estonian SSR
- Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
- Burials at Metsakalmistu
- Estonian writer stubs
- European translator stubs