Bernard Kangro

Poet

Birthday September 18, 1910

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Estonia

DEATH DATE Mar 25, 1994 (83)

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About

Twentieth-century Estonian poet and writer who belonged to a shamanic artists' group called Arbujad. His poetry collections include Reheah, Tulease, and Suvihari.

Before Fame

He published his first collection of poems, Sonetid, in 1935.

Trivia

He was forced to flee Soviet-occupied Estonia and move to Sweden in 1944.

Family Life

He was born in Voru County, Estonia to Minna and Andres Kangro. He died in Sweden at the age of eighty-three.

Associated With

He and Kalju Lepik were literary contemporaries.