Mihkel Jürna (17 September 1899 – 5 December 1972,

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 writer and translator. He was born in Soonuka in present-day

Vinni Parish Vinni Parish ( et, Vinni vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 5,630 () and an area of . Settlements There are 6 small boroughs: Laekvere, Pajusti, Roela, Tudu, Vinni, Viru-Jaagupi, and 37 v ...

. He attended schools in Kiltsi and

Väike-Maarja Väike-Maarja is a Populated places in Estonia, small borough ( et, alevik) in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Väike-Maarja Parish. Väike-Maarja Church was initially built as a fortress church. Climate No ...

. From 1917 until 1923 he studied at the

Hugo Treffner Gymnasium Hugo Treffner Gymnasium ( et, Hugo Treffneri Gümnaasium; abbreviated as HTG) is a secondary school in Tartu, Estonia with special emphasis on science education. Founded by Hugo Treffner, it was the only large secondary school in 19th-century Est ...

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

. After graduation, he entered the Faculty of Law of 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 ...

and graduated in 1926. From 1934 until 1937 he studied at the university's Faculty of Medicine. He died in 1972 and is buried at

Metsakalmistu Cemetery Metsakalmistu (meaning ''Forest Cemetery'') is a cemetery in the Pirita district of Tallinn. Metsakalmistu was originally planned to be a public medieval cemetery. Eduard Vilde was the first to be buried in 1933. The original area of the cemet ...

in Tallinn.

Selected works

* 1921: play ''Idee'' * 1925: collections ''Sang'' and ''Bumerang'' (co-authored with Juhan Schütz (Sütiste) and

Erni Hiir Erni Hiir (real name Ernst Hiir; 29 March 1900, in Karjatnurme, Kreis Fellin – 27 October 1989) was an Estonian poet and translator. From 1921 to 1922 he studied at the University of Tartu. From 1927, he was a member of Estonian Writers' Union. ...

) * 1927: collection of novellas ''Tavalised'' * 1929: collection of novellas ''Üks armastus'' * 1932: collection of novellas ''Ärigeenius'' * 1972: collection ''Tavalised''

References

1899 births 1972 deaths 20th-century Estonian writers Estonian male poets 20th-century Estonian poets Estonian male short story writers Estonian translators Hugo Treffner Gymnasium alumni University of Tartu alumni People from Vinni Parish Burials at Metsakalmistu {{Estonia-writer-stub