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Jaan Kaplinski
Estonian poet, philosopher, translator, politician and culture critic (1941–2021)
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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 22 January 1941
- Died
- 8 August 2021
- Place of birth
- Tartu
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Jaan
- Family name
- Kaplinski
- Father
- Jerzy Kaplinski
- Mother
- Nora Kaplinski
- Spouse
- Tiia Toomet
- Field of work
- poetry, philosophy, cultural criticism
- Occupation
- poet, philosopher, writer, university teacher, journalist, children's writer, politician, translator, science fiction writer, prose writer, essayist, librettist
- Position held
- member of the Riigikogu
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union, Estonia
- Awards
- Order of the National Coat of Arms, 3rd Class, Vilenica Prize, Eino Leino Prize, Max Jacob Prize, Juhan Liiv Poetry Award, Order of the National Coat of Arms, 4th Class, European Prize for Literature, Literary award of Viru county, Knight of the Legion of Honour, honorary citizen of Tartu, Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland
- educated at
- Hugo Treffner Gymnasium, University of Tartu
- employer
- University of Tartu
- member of political party
- Social Democratic Party
- name in native language
- Jaan Kaplinski
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- participant in
- Dialogue for Catalonia
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