Lydia Koidula

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Lydia Koidula


Born
in Vändra, Estonia
December 24, 1843

Died
August 11, 1886

Genre

Influences


Lydia Emilie Florentine Jannsen, known by her pen name Lydia Koidula, was an Estonian poet. Her sobriquet means 'Lydia of the Dawn' in Estonian. It was given to her by the writer Carl Robert Jakobson.

Lydia Jannsen was born in Vändra, Pärnu County, Governorate of Livonia (now in central Estonia). The family moved to the nearby county town of Pärnu in 1850 where, in 1857, her father started the first local Estonian language newspaper and where Lydia attended the German grammar school. The Jannsens moved to the university town of Tartu, the most progressive town in Estonia, in 1864. Nationalism, including publication in indigenous languages, was a very touchy subject in the Russian Empire but the rule of Czar Alexander II (1855 - 1881) was rel
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Säärane mulk ehk sada vakka...

2.88 avg rating — 478 ratings — published 1872 — 4 editions
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Emajõe ööbik

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Valitud luuletused

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3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1943 — 3 editions
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Väike luuleraamat

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Luuletused

3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1957 — 2 editions
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Saaremaa onupoeg

3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1957
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Mu isamaa on minu arm

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Luule

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Jutud ja näidendid (Lydia K...

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Kosjaviinad ehk Kuidas Tapi...

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