Name Johannes Semper | Role Poet | |
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Died February 21, 1970, Tallinn, Estonia | ||
Johannes Semper (22 March [O.S. 10 March] 1892 in Pahuvere, Viljandi County – 21 February 1970 in Tallinn) was an Estonian poet, writer, translator and politician.
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.
He wrote the lyrics of the Anthem of Estonian SSR.
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