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Jaan Kross


Born
in Tallinn, Estonia
February 19, 1920

Died
December 27, 2007

Genre
Historical Fiction, Poetry


Jaan Kross (1920 – 2007) was an Estonian writer. He has been tipped for the Nobel Prize for Literature on several occasions for his novels, but did in fact start his literary career as a poet and translator of poetry. On his return from the labour camps and internal exile in Russia, where he spent the years 1946-1954 as a political prisoner, Kross renewed Estonian poetry, giving it new directions.

Kross began writing prose in the latter half of the 1960s, first with a film scenario "A Livonian Chronicle" (Liivimaa kroonika) which dealt with the life of the author Balthasar Russow (1536-1600) and which also became the subject of his first masterpiece "Between Three Plagues" (Kolme katku vahel, 1970), a suit of four novels. From that time onw ...more

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Average rating: 3.94 · 6,127 ratings · 507 reviews · 101 distinct works • Similar authors
The Czar's Madman
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3.89 avg rating — 1,899 ratings — published 1978 — 47 editions
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Wikmani poisid (Jaan Krossi...
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Kolme katku vahel, I-II (Ba...
3.96 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 1970 — 10 editions
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Tussen drie plagen
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4.32 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 1980 — 11 editions
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Professor Martens' Departure
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Treading Air
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Mardileib
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3.44 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 1973 — 4 editions
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Mesmeri ring: Romaniseeritu...
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Kallid kaasteelised I
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Series by Jaan Kross

Kolme katku vahel I Kolme katku vahel II Kolme katku vahel III Kolme katku vahel IV Tussen drie plagen
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“Mina olen mõtelnud: olgu Jumalaga kuidas tahes - isamaaga ei lase ma ennast häirida. Sest ma olen ju näinud, mis t ä i e l i k isamaateenimine kaasa toob. Iga o s a l i n e isamaateenimine oleks ülejäänud osas kuritöö. Aga täielik, tõeline, Timo-taoline isamaateenimine oleks ju hullus. Või on siiski veel mingi vahepealne võimalus olemas? Või on ehk kõik võimalused üldse ainult v a h e p e a l s e d?”
― Jaan Kross, The Czar's Madman
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“Ja seda tahan ma teile ütelda: meid, eestlasi, on niivõrd vähe, et iga eestlase siht - või vähemalt iga Wikmani poisi siht peab olema surematus!”
― Jaan Kross, Wikmani poisid
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“Eestis on täpselt vastupidi. Siin on minevik olnud nii pikka aega nii masendav, nii ahistav, nii ränk, et nüüd, otse nüüd - eile, täna, homme - peavad sündima mehed ja naised, ideed ja teod, millega luuakse meie suurus, Eesti suurus. Ja mina tahan - ja teie peate tahtma - et meil, et Wikmani gümnaasiumil oleks selle toimumises oma austav osa. Ja selle toimumata jäämises oma häbi.”
― Jaan Kross, Wikmani poisid
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