Henn Saari (15 February 1924

Narva Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru County, Ida-Viru county, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which ...

– 8 September 1999

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

) 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 linguist. In 1963 he graduated from Tartu University in Estonian philology. 1959-1975 he worked at the journal

Keel ja Kirjandus ''Keel ja Kirjandus'' ('Language and Literature') is journal published in Estonia by Kultuurileht SA. Journal is compiled by Estonian Academy of Sciences and Estonian Writers' Union. First number was published in 1958. Journal is issued once pe ...

. Since 1975 he was a senior research fellow at Estonian Language Institute. His main fields of research were the theory of literary language, grammar of Estonian language, Estonian names, language management. Since 1962 he was a member of

Mother Tongue Society Mother Tongue Society ( et, Emakeele Selts) is an Estonian organization that focuses on topics related to the Estonian language. The organization was established on 23 March 1920 at Tartu University. Nowadays, the organization is located in Tall ...

; 1990-1992 its chairperson.

Awards

* 1989: Wiedemann Language Award

Works

* Nimekirjutusraamat: vene, ukraina, valgevene, gruusia, armeenia, aserbaidžaani, kasahhi, kirgiisi, tadžiki, turkmeeni, usbeki (1993, one of the authors) * Ein Weg zur Wortgrammatik am Beispiel des Estnischen = Tee sõnagrammatikale eesti keele näitel (1997)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saari, Henn 1924 births 1999 deaths Linguists from Estonia University of Tartu alumni People from Narva Burials at Metsakalmistu