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Jaan Kaplinski
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Estonian poet, philosopher, translator, politician and culture critic (1941–2021)

Also known as: Яан Каплинский, 얀 카플린스키, 扬·卡普林斯基, Каплинский Я., Каплинский Ян, Каплинский, Яан

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Known works

  • Sjunger näktergalen än i Dorpat? (1990)
  • The same river
  • Vita nätter och svarta (2002)
  • The same sea in us all (1985)
  • Öölinnud, öömõtted = (1998)