Source: National Archives & Historic Records of Governorate of Estonia
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Anton Hansen Tammsaare 🇪🇪

Anton Hansen (Known as "Tammsaare")
Master Novelist, Essayist, Author of the 5-Volume Epic 'Truth and Justice'
Born Jan 30, 1878 🇪🇪 Põhja-Tammsaare farm, Albu, Estonia
Passed Away Mar 01, 1940 Tallinn, Estonia
Lifespan 62 years old
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"Work hard and struggle, and love will come; but if love does not come, all the work in the world is in vain."

Archival Overview

Titan of Estonian prose whose monumental five-volume novel cycle 'Truth and Justice' (Tõde ja õigus, 1926–1933) captured the epic human struggle with the land, God, society, and the inner soul.

Biographical Record

Anton Hansen was born on January 30, 1878, on a remote bog farm in Albu. Adopting the pen name A.H. Tammsaare from his birthplace, he studied law at the University of Tartu before tuberculosis forced him into years of solitary convalescence in the forests.

Between 1926 and 1933, he published his monumental five-volume masterpiece Tõde ja õigus (Truth and Justice), opening with the immortal struggle of farmer Andres against the harsh swamp earth: 'Work hard and struggle, then love will come.' His biting satirical novel The Misadventures of the New Satan (Põrgupõhja uus Vanapagan, 1939) cemented his status as Estonia's supreme novelist.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Metsakalmistu (Forest Cemetery)
Tallinn, Estonia
GPS: 59.4710, 24.8690
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