# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/enn-soosaar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:56:30.799Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/enn-soosaar"
name: "Enn Soosaar"
slug: "enn-soosaar"
description: "Enn Soosaar was an Estonian translator, critic, columnist and publicist. Soosaar translated the works of many American authors, including Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and Saul Bellow into Estonian and was instrumental in introducing American literature to an Estonian audience. Soosaar was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Tallinn. In February 1997, the Order of the National Coat of Arms, Class IV was bestowed on him.\nFrom 1944 to 1951, Soosaar studied at Hageri's 7-grade school, after which he attended high school from 1951 to 1954 at Tallinn's Second Gymnasium. From 1955 to 1956, he studied at the Tallinn Correspondence School. In 1964, he graduated from the distance education program at the Tartu State University with a degree in English philology."
tagline: "Estonian translator, critic, columnist and publicist (1937-2010)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1937-02-13"
deathDate: "2010-02-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           29.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.067386666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Enn Soosaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "ان سوسار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enn_Soosaar"
    title: "Enn Soosaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikiquote.org/wiki/Enn_Soosaar"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enn_Soosaar"
    title: "Enn Soosaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enn_Soosaar"
    title: "Enn Soosaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5379121"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump