Peäro-August Pitka (1865-1915
), also known for his pseudonym Ansomardi, was an
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
n children's writer and officer in the Russian czarist army. His younger brother was
Johan Pitka
Johan Pitka, VR I/1, (also Juhan Pitka; 19 February 1872 – 22 November 1944) was an Estonian entrepreneur, sea captain and a rear admiral (1919). He was the Commander of the Estonian Navy in the Estonian War of Independence.
Johan Pitka ...
, a
rear admiral
Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarde ...
and hero of the
Estonian War of Independence
The Estonian War of Independence ( et, Vabadussõda, literally "Freedom War"), also known as the Estonian Liberation War, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most notably the United Kingdom, against the Bolshevik westwa ...
.
Books
Stories
* ''Jalgsemaa Kitse-eide muinasjutud'' (1901)
* ''Kaks sündinud lugu'' (1904)
* ''Poolik elu'' (1904)
* ''Elu-pudemed'' (1909)
* ''Sõja päivilt'' (1910)
* ''Lastejutud'' (1911)
* ''Jalgsemaa Kitse-eide muinasjutud ja teisi jutte'' (1979)
Plays
* ''Murieide tütar'' (1900)
* ''Matsil unes, teistel ilmsi'' (1901)
Miscellaneous
* ''Võimlemise ehk Gümnastika õpetus'' (1904)
* ''Sõjamehe sõnastik'' (1914)
References
External links
Ansomardi at Estonian Writers' Online Dictionary
1865 births
1915 deaths
Writers from the Russian Empire
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