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Lydia Koidula

1843 - 1886

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Lydia Emilie Florentine Jannsen (24 December [O.S. 12 December] 1843 – 11 August [O.S. 30 July] 1886), known by her pen name 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. She is also frequently referred to as Koidulaulik – 'Singer of the Dawn'. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lydia Koidula is the 1,506th most popular writer (up from 1,584th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Estonia (up from 33rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Estonian Writer.

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Among writers, Lydia Koidula ranks 1,506 out of 7,302. Before her are Gampopa, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Mario Benedetti, Olaus Petri, Régis Debray, and Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy. After her are Jean M. Auel, Gore Vidal, William Heinesen, Thornton Wilder, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, and Siegfried Lenz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Lydia Koidula ranks 30. Before her are Mariano Rampolla, Oscar Montelius, Henryk Siemiradzki, Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy, Hans Richter, and Anton von Werner. After her are Camillo Sitte, Antonio Labriola, Mikhail Skobelev, David Popper, Frederic W. H. Myers, and Adelina Patti. Among people deceased in 1886, Lydia Koidula ranks 14. Before her are Amilcare Ponchielli, Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, Asher Brown Durand, Alexander Ostrovsky, Ilya Ulyanov, and Prince Louis, Count of Trani. After her are Karl von Piloty, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, Charles Francis Adams Sr., Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, Alexander Butlerov, and Theodor von Oppolzer.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Lydia Koidula ranks 31 out of 351. Before her are Johan Laidoner (1884), Thomas Johann Seebeck (1770), Jaan Kross (1920), Otto von Kotzebue (1787), George Hackenschmidt (1877), and Kersti Kaljulaid (1969). After her are Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770), Alexander Gorchakov (1798), Ilon Wikland (1930), Neeme Järvi (1937), Michael Sittow (1459), and Otto Wilhelm von Struve (1819).

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Among WRITERS In Estonia

Among writers born in Estonia, Lydia Koidula ranks 3. Before her are Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803), and Jaan Kross (1920). After her are 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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