Hendrik Adamson ( – 7 March 1946) 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 poet and teacher. He was born as a son of a tailor in Patsi farmstead in Metsakuru village,

Kärstna Kärstna is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. Until the 2017 administrative reform of Estonian municipalities the village was located in Tarvastu Parish. Kärstna manor Kärstna (german: Kerstenshof) manor traces its hist ...

Parish (now in Veisjärve village,

Tarvastu Parish Tarvastu Parish ( et, Tarvastu vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Viljandi County. It had a population of 4,216 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 409.00 km². Settlements ;Small borough Mustla ;Villages Ämmuste – Anikats ...

Viljandi County Viljandi County ( et, Viljandi maakond or ''Viljandimaa''; german: Kreis Fellin) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in southern Estonia bordering Pärnu, Järva, Jõgeva, Tartu and Valga counties. History Viljandimaa, under the ...

. From 1911 he worked as a teacher at the Torma Võtikvere Ministry of education. From 1919 to 1927 he was the head of the primary school in

. Subsequently, he became a professional writer and a member of the

Estonian Writers' Union The Estonian Writers Union (Eesti Kirjanike Liit, abbreviated EKL), is a professional association of Estonian writers and literary critics.Marje Jõeste, Küllo Arjakas, ''The Baltic States'', Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers, 1991, page 64 Hist ...

. Notable poems include "Mulgimaa" (Tartu, 1919), "Inimen" (Tartu, 1925), "Tõus ja mõõn" (Tartu, 1931), "Kolletuspäev" (Tartu, 1934), "Mälestuste maja" (Tartu, 1936) and "Linnulaul" (Tartu, 1937). He also published the novels "Kuldblond neitsi" and "Roheline sisalik" (Tartu, 1925).Maie Torim and Karl Muru, ''Pilk Hendrik Adamsoni elule ja luulele'' – Keel ja Kirjandus 1966, nr. 4, lk. 210–225

References

External links

Hendrik Adamson at Estonian Writers' Online Dictionary
* * 1891 births 1946 deaths People from Viljandi Parish People from Kreis Fellin Estonian male poets Estonian Esperantists 20th-century Estonian poets 20th-century male writers {{Estonia-writer-stub