Poetic Obituaries: [Jaan] Kross, who died on Thursday,

was nominated several times for the Nobel prize for literature, most recently this year, but never won.

He ranked as the most translated and internationally best-known Estonian writer and won numerous awards at home, including the People's Writer of the Estonian SSR (1985) and he received the State Prize of the Estonian SSR (1977) under Soviet rule.

from Breitbart: Estonian author Jaan Kross dies at 87

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