Johannes Semper ( – 21 February 1970) 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, writer, translator and politician. He was born in Pahuvere (now

Viljandi Parish Viljandi Parish ( et, Viljandi vald) is a rural municipality of Viljandi County, Estonia. It is located around the town of Viljandi, but does not include it. Viljandi Parish was established by merging four municipalities: Paistu, Pärsti, Saa ...

Kreis Fellin Kreis Fellin (''Viljandi kreis'', ''Феллинский уезд'') was one of the nine subdivisions of the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northern part of the governorate (in present-day southern Estonia). I ...

, in the

Governorate of Livonia The Governorate of Livonia, also known as the Livonia Governorate, was a Baltic governorate of the Russian Empire, now divided between Latvia and Estonia. Geography The shape of the province is a fairly rectangular in shape, with a maximum ...

. A student and later a prominent scholar at the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

, he was briefly nominated as Minister for Education of

when the country was occupied by the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

in 1940. He wrote the lyrics of the

Anthem of Estonian SSR The anthem of the Estonian SSR; russian: Гимн Эстонской ССР was the Soviet regional anthem of the Estonian SSR between 1945 and 1990 when Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union (USSR). Background The anthem was presented to t ...

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Retrieved 14 June 2016. He died in

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 ' ...

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* 1892 births 1970 deaths People from Viljandi Parish People from Kreis Fellin Estonian Socialist Revolutionary Party politicians Estonian Independent Socialist Workers' Party politicians Communist Party of Estonia politicians Education ministers of Estonia People's commissars and ministers of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Members of the Estonian Constituent Assembly Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1940–1947 Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1947–1951 Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1963–1967 Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1967–1971 Looming (magazine) editors Estonian male poets Estonian translators Estonian magazine editors 20th-century translators 20th-century Estonian poets University of Tartu alumni People's Writers of the Estonian SSR Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Burials at Metsakalmistu {{Estonia-translator-stub