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Under Marie
(1883—1880)

Marie Under, a star among stars, was the most outstanding poetess of her generation in Estonia. She shocked her contemporaries by the sensuous love lyrics of her first collection in 1917 and influenced generations of followers. She was active in several literary circles with a social critical, but excelled with songs about Beauty, Joie de Vivre and Happiness. To escape Soviet occupation, she sought refuge with her family in Sweden in 1944 and lived in Stockholm until her death, writing heart-felt poems about her country whose rise to new independence she was not to witness. Under’s poetry has been translated into dozens of languages and she was a fruitful poetry translator herself. Internationally the best known Estonian poet, she was short-listed for the Nobel Prize several times.

Estonia, 1996, Marie Under

Estonia, 1996.05.10, Tallinn. Marie Under