A. H. Tammsaare

Writer Jan 30 (died age 62) Vetepere, Jerwen County, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire [now Järva County, Estonia] 1965–2024 (59 year career)

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Anton Hansen (January 18, (O.S.) / January 30, 1878 – March 1, 1940), better known by his pseudonym A. H. Tammsaare and its variants, was an Estonian writer whose pentalogy Truth and Justice (Tõde ja õigus; 1926–1933) is considered one of the major works of Estonian literature and "The Estonian Novel". Tammsaare was born in Järvamaa, in the municipality of Albu, village of Vetepere, Estonia. The son of a farmer, he came from a poor background but managed to collect enough money for his educatio…