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A. H. Tammsaare | |
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Born | Anton Hansen 30 January 1878 |
Died | 1 March 1940 | (aged 62)
Other names | A. H. Tammsaare |
Alma mater | University of Tartu |
Occupation | Novelist |
Years active | 1900–1940 |
Spouse |
Käthe-Amalie Veltman
(m. 1920) |
Children |
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Anton Hansen (18 (O.S.)/30 January 1878 – 1 March 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".[1]