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Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald

1803 - 1882

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Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (26 December [O.S. 14 December] 1803 – 25 August [O.S. 13 August] 1882) was an Estonian writer who is considered to be the father of the national literature for the country. He is the author of Estonian national epic Kalevipoeg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald is the 1,088th most popular writer (up from 1,213th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Estonia (down from 20th in 2019) and the most popular Estonian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald ranks 1,088 out of 7,302. Before him are Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Dubravka Ugrešić, Yakub Kolas, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Karl-Maria Kertbeny, and Harriet Jacobs. After him are Ernst Barlach, James Thomson, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Alfred Kubin, Emil Ludwig, and Lucrezia Tornabuoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald ranks 15. Before him are Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Albrecht von Roon, Flora Tristan, Maria Teresa of Savoy, Gottfried Semper, and Fyodor Tyutchev. After him are Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, Alexander Georg von Bunge, Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, James Brooke, Jacques Charles François Sturm, and Ferenc Deák. Among people deceased in 1882, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald ranks 21. Before him are William Stanley Jevons, Vasily Perov, Thomas Hill Green, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Karl-Maria Kertbeny. After him are Sergey Nechayev, Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Mary Todd Lincoln, Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, and Ewelina Hańska.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald ranks 21 out of 351. Before him are Paul von Rennenkampf (1854), Siim Kallas (1948), Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (1929), Jakob von Uexküll (1864), Adolf von Harnack (1851), and Felix Kersten (1898). After him are Ernst Öpik (1893), Jacob De la Gardie (1583), Andrus Ansip (1956), Johan Laidoner (1884), Thomas Johann Seebeck (1770), and Jaan Kross (1920).

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Among WRITERS In Estonia

Among writers born in Estonia, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald ranks 1. After him are Jaan Kross (1920), Lydia Koidula (1843), Marie Under (1883), Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878), Jaan Kaplinski (1941), Betti Alver (1906), Balthasar Russow (1536), Carl Robert Jakobson (1841), Eduard Vilde (1865), Jakob Hurt (1839), and Hella Wuolijoki (1886).

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