#Mändmetsa J. (Jakob Mändmets, 1871-1930)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme
#Writer. Author of short stories about village life. Contributor to the #TartuPostimees and Tallinn’s #UusAeg. Editor (1906-1910) of #Päevaleht. Died on Christmas Day, acquiring a past for a present.

#EstonianWriters #EestiKirjanikud

#Sütiste J. (Juhan Sütiste, 1899-1945)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe
Known as #JohannesSchütz until 1936, a sort of patriotico-anti-fascist ‘kitchen-sink’ poet with socialist leanings and an anti-romantic bent.

#Literature #Kirjandus
#NotableEstonians#MärkimisväärsedEestlased
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#Russian #toponym, but what its relevance here is is obscure.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#AbolishedStreetnames #KaotatudTänavanimed
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Kunderi põik.

Mustard-yellow-painted house in Kunderi põik, Tallinn.

View along Kunderi põik, Tallinn, from the Tartu maantee direction.

View along Kunderi põik, Tallinn, at the kink in the road towards Kunderi tänav.

#Kunderi J. [põik] (Juhan Kunder, 1852-1888)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Torupilli
A connecting street between #Kunderi and #Tartu mnt.
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#NotableEstonians #MärkimisväärsedEestlased
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad

Tallinn streetsign displaying the name J. Kunderi.

View along Kunderi, Tallinn, from the Pronksi direction alongside Politseiaed.

Drab, six-storey, Soviet-looking block of uncertain occupation (offices or flats?) on Kunderi, Tallinn.

Surprisingly-elegant flag-holder on previous drab building in Kunderi, Tallinn.

#Kunderi J. (Juhan Kunder, 1852-1888)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Torupilli
Writer known mainly for folk tales or fairy tales, e.g. #EestiMuinasjutud (usually translated as Estonian Fairytales).
#EstonianWriters #EestiKirjanikud
#Literature #Kirjandus
#MythsAndLegends #MüüdidJaLegendid

#Bornhöhe E. (Eduard Bornhöhe, 1862-1923)
Real name Eduard Brunberg, writer of bestselling historical adventure stories and translator of #RobinsonCrusoe into #Estonian.
#Tallinn #Pirita
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#Reinvaldi A. (Ado Reinvald, 1847-1922)
Described by one theatre critic (#LuuleEpner) as “an uneducated peasant and a God-gifted poet”. Given his schooling was a mere five months while aged 14, we can assume at least part of this is true. Hailed from #Viljandi.
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#Kitzbergi A. (August Kitzberg, 1855-1927)
#Author and #playwright. Romantic to realist writer of short stories and, by which he’s better known, plays such as #Libahunt (#Werewolf. Liba looks suspiciously like a modification of libe, meaning slippery, slick,
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