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Estonian literature is literature written in the Estonian language The domination of Estonia after the Northern Crusades, from the 13th century to 1918 by Germany, Sweden, and Russia resulted in few early written literary works in the Estonian language. The oldest records of written Estonian date from the 13th century. Originates Livoniae in Chronicle of Henry of Livonia contains Estonian place names, words and fragments of sentences. The Liber Census Daniae (1241) contains Estonian place and family names. The earliest extant samples of connected Estonian are the so-called Kullamaa prayers dating from 1524 and 1528. The first known printed book is a bilingual German-Estonian translation of the Lutheran catechism by S.Wanradt and J. Koell (1535). For the use of priests an Estonian grammar was printed in German in 1637. The New Testament was translated into southern Estonian in 1686. The two dialects were united by Anton Thor Helle in a form based on northern Estonian. Writings in Estonian became more significant in the 19th century during the Estophile Enlightenment Period (1750–1840).
The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to the Republic of Estonia.
Looming is the oldest literary magazine in Estonia. The headquarters is in Tallinn.
The Governor was the leader of a county (maakond) in Estonia. Here is the list of governors of Estonian counties.
Meelis Friedenthal is an Estonian academic and writer.
100 great Estonians of the 20th century is a list of notable Estonians compiled in 1999 by Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus, Eesti Päevaleht, National Library of Estonia, Radio Kuku, and TV3.
The Estonian Drama Theatre is a theatre in Tallinn, Estonia. It has the role of a national theatre for Estonia. The Estonia Theatre is located next door.
Liina Olmaru is an Estonian stage, radio, television, and film actress.
Piret Kalda is an Estonian stage, television and film actress.
Jaan Rekkor is an Estonian stage, film and television actor.
Merle Jääger is an Estonian television, stage and film actress, poet and author who frequently uses the pen name Merca. Initially associated with the burgeoning Estonian punk rock scene of the early to mid 1980s, she has been described as the "bard of protest". Her career as an actress began in her early 20s and she has received a number of high-profile awards for stage roles.
Paul Poom is a former Estonian stage, film, television, and radio actor whose career began in the late 1970s and ended in 1993 after an assault left him permanently disabled.
This is a list of the members of the Riigikogu, following the 1992 election.
Rein Saluri was an Estonian writer and playwright.
Jüri Tuulik was an Estonian writer and playwright.
Jüri Krjukov was an Estonian actor.
Hans Kaldoja was an Estonian stage, television, film, and radio voice actor whose career began in the mid-1960s. Kaldoja was employed at the Estonian Drama Theatre for twenty-seven years; from 1965 until 1992, appearing in over one hundred theatre roles, before becoming a freelance actor. He has also recorded nearly two hundred audiobooks for the Estonian Library for the Blind.
Jaan Unt was an Estonian classical philologist, translator, and literary scholar. He translated from Ancient Greek, Latin, and Russian.
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