Betti Alver

Estonian novelist and poet (1906-1989) · Estonia · On the map · Writers · Died at 82

Elisabet "Betti" Alver, 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.

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1989Died19 June 19891981People's Writer of the Estonian SSRAward1977Friedebert Tuglas short story awardAward1967Juhan Liiv Poetry AwardAward1966Honored Writer of the Estonian SSRAward1906Born23 November 1906

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