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Betti Alver

1906 - 1989

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Elisabet "Betti" Alver (23 November [O.S. 10 November] 1906 – 19 June 1989), was one of Estonia's most notable poets. She was among the first generation to be educated in schools of an independent Estonia. She went to grammar school in Tartu. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Betti Alver is the 2,660th most popular writer (up from 3,930th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 105th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Estonian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Betti Alver ranks 2,660 out of 7,302. Before her are Ōtomo no Yakamochi, Konstantin Mihailović, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Stanko Vraz, and Vydūnas. After her are John Millington Synge, Praxilla, Raul Hilberg, John Wyndham, Louise Colet, and Margaret Fuller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Betti Alver ranks 147. Before her are José Della Torre, Vitaly Abalakov, Jim Thompson, Jim Bausch, Artur Lundkvist, and Andrei Kirilenko. After her are Francisco Ayala, Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Alec Issigonis, William Joyce, Joan Hickson, and Tribhuvan of Nepal. Among people deceased in 1989, Betti Alver ranks 113. Before her are André Cayatte, Arnaldo Ochoa, Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, Edward Ochab, Paul Shenar, and Mel Blanc. After her are Michał Rola-Żymierski, Robert B. Anderson, Elisaveta Bykova, Richie Ginther, Gerhard Schröder, and Imre Németh.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Betti Alver ranks 67 out of 351. Before her are Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven (1914), Lionel Kieseritzky (1806), Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden (1750), Johann Voldemar Jannsen (1819), Erhard Schmidt (1876), and Jüri Uluots (1890). After her are Eduard Tubin (1905), Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1794), Kazimierz Świątek (1914), Ita Ever (1931), Kaarel Eenpalu (1888), and Jaan Teemant (1872).

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Among WRITERS In Estonia

Among writers born in Estonia, Betti Alver ranks 7. Before her are Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803), Jaan Kross (1920), Lydia Koidula (1843), Marie Under (1883), Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878), and Jaan Kaplinski (1941). After her are Balthasar Russow (1536), Carl Robert Jakobson (1841), Eduard Vilde (1865), Jakob Hurt (1839), Hella Wuolijoki (1886), and Oskar Luts (1887).

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