Paul Rummo (14 July 1909 Kalbu,

Kehtna Parish Kehtna Parish ( et, Kehtna vald) is a rural municipality in central Estonia. It is a part of Rapla County. The municipality has a population of 5,182 (as of 1 January 2004) and covers an area of 507.3 km². The population density is 10.2 inh ...

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– 28 March 1981) was an

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n poet, playwright and literary critic. 1948–1949, he was the chief editor for the publishing house Ilukirjandus ja Kunst ('Fiction and Art'). Before 1958, he had several posts: including the head of

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. His son is writer

Paul-Eerik Rummo Paul-Eerik Rummo (born January 19, 1942) is an Estonian poet, playwright, translator and politician who was the former Estonian Minister of Culture and Education, as well as the former Estonian Minister of Population Affairs. Rummo was born in T ...

Works

* poetry collection "Võitlev kodumaa" ('The Fighting Homeland'; 1946) * poetry collection "Rahva võim" (1950) * poetry collection "Katkukülvajad" (1952) * poetry collection "Veerev kivi" ('Rolling Stone'; 1955) * poetry collection "Proloog ja poeemid" (1961) * poetry collection "Katkenud lõng" (with selected poems; 1969) * poetry collection "Matkalaul" (1979) In 1967, he finished the

anthology In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors. In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categ ...

"Eesti luule" ('Estonian Poetry')

References

1909 births 1981 deaths Estonian male poets 20th-century Estonian poets People from Kehtna Parish {{Estonia-poet-stub