Wiedemann Language Award ( et, Wiedemanni keelauhind, full name The State F. J. Wiedemann Language Award) is 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 state award which is granted each year to one natural person for outstanding merits upon study, organisation, teaching, promotion or use of the

Estonian language Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,0 ...

Recipients

*1989 – Henn Saari *1990 – Hella Keem, Erich Raiet *1991 – Pent Nurmekund *1992 – Rein Kull,

Valev Uibopuu Valev Uibopuu (19 October 1913 Vana-Antsla Parish (now Antsla Parish), Kreis Werro – 18 March 1997 Lund) was an Estonian writer. He is one of the most known Estonian expatriate writers. In 1943, he fled to Finland and in 1944 to Sweden. 1954� ...

*1993 – Rudolf Karelson, Uno Liivaku *1994 –

Nikolai Baturin Nikolai Baturin (5 August 1936 – 16 May 2019) was an Estonian award-winning novelist and playwright. Biography and career Baturin was born in Arumetsa village, Suislepa Parish (now Maltsa village, Viljandi Parish), Viljandi County. His fath ...

, Paul Saagpakk *1995 –

Lennart Meri Lennart Georg Meri (; 29 March 1929 – 14 March 2006) was an Estonian politician, writer, and film director. He served as the second president of Estonia from 1992 to 2001. Meri was among the leaders of the movement to restore Estonian independ ...

*1996 – Juhan Peegel *1997 – Eduard Leppik *1998 –

Mari Must Mari Must (11 November 1920 Tartu – 20 February 2008) was an Estonian linguist. She was one of the most notable Estonian dialects researcher in Estonia.Eesti entsüklopeedia 14: Eesti elulood. Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus, 2000. Page 305 In 19 ...

, Huno Rätsep *1999 – Tiiu Erelt,

Uno Mereste Uno Mereste (born Uno-Johannes Muskat; 27 May 1928 – 6 December 2009) was an Estonian economist and politician. He was a member of VII, VIII and IX Riigikogu IX Riigikogu was the ninth legislature of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu The ...

*2000 – Ellen Uuspõld *2001 – Ülle Viks, Eduard Vääri *2002 –

Valdek Pall Valdek Pall (30 June 1927 Laius-Tähkvere Parish, Tartu County – 17 April 2013) was an Estonian linguist. In 1952 he graduated from University of Tartu, Tartu State University. 1957–1992 he worked at Estonian SSR Academy of Sciences' Languag ...

*2003 – Mati Hint, Helju Vals *2004 – Viivi Maanso *2005 – Haldur Õim *2006 – Heldur Niit *2007 –

Kristiina Ross Kristiina Ross (born on 3 June 1955 in Tallinn) is an Estonian linguist and translator. In 1978 she graduated from Tartu State University in Estonian philology. Since 1978 she is working at Estonian Language Institute. She has also worked at Es ...

*2008 – Mati Erelt *2009 –

Ilse Lehiste Ilse Lehiste ( ; 31 January 1922 – 25 December 2010) was an Estonian-born American linguist, author of many studies in phonetics. Early life Ilse Lehiste finished high school in Tallinn. In 1942 she began her studies at the Faculty of Philosoph ...

*2010 –

Ain Kaalep Ain Kaalep (4 June 1926 – 9 June 2020) was an Estonian poet, playwright, literary critic and translator. Biography and career Kaalep was born in Tartu. He studied at the Hugo Treffner Gymnasium and at the University of Tartu, from which he gr ...

*2011 – Tiit-Rein Viitso *2012 – Mari Tarand *2013 – Valve-Liivi Kingisepp *2014 –

Arvo Krikmann Arvo Krikmann (21 July 1939 – 27 February 2017) was an Estonian academician, folklorist, linguist, paremiologist, and humour researcher. He may be best known as a proverb scholar, “one of the leading paremiologists in the world.” Krikman ...

*2015 –

Leelo Tungal Leelo Tungal (born 22 June 1947 in Tallinn) is an Estonian poet, children's writer, translator, editor and librettist. Life and career Tungal studied Estonian literature at the University of Tartu. After her graduation, she has worked as a tea ...

*2016 –

Uno Laur Uno Laur (born 8 June 1961 in Rakvere), also known as Kohtla-Järve Uno (a nickname derived from his hometown Kohtla-Järve), is an Estonian anarchist and the iconoclastic ex lead singer of the Must Mamba and Röövel Ööbik, "the oldest ...

*2017 – Marja Kallasmaa *2018 – Reet Kasik *2019 – *2020 – Helle Metslang *2021 – Jüri Viikberg *2022 – Mare Koit

References

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