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August Jakobson

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Estonian writer and politician (1904-1963)

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August Jakobson was an Estonian writer and politician. He was one of the few Estonian playwright among his contemporaries whose plays were untouched by Soviet censorship and reached other Soviet states. He has been described as the leading Stalinist in Soviet Estonian drama.

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1948Stalin Prize
1947Stalin Prize
1947People's Writer of the Estonian SSR
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Honored Writer of the Estonian SSR

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August Jakobson was an Estonian writer and politician. He was one of the few Estonian playwright among his contemporaries whose plays were untouched by Soviet censorship and reached other Soviet states. He has been described as the leading Stalinist in Soviet Estonian drama. In the 1960s his work was described as "ideologically militant".

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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1904 to 1963 · aged 58
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15 languages

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