Novelist Jaan Kross

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Jaan Kross

Living place: Estonia

Birthday: 19-2-1920 (104 years old)

Global rank: #93211

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Who is Novelist Jaan Kross?
A twentieth century Estonian prose writer, he published more than ten novels over the course of his illustrious career. His best-known works include the Tsar's Madman, Professor Martens' Departure, and The Air Decline.
Most of his literary work falls into the genre of historical fiction and focuses on the struggles between Estonia, Russia, and Baltic Germany.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He began his literary career as a poet. The early volume between the Three Plagues, one of Kross' famous early prose works, was published in 1970.

Family life info

With his wife, Ellen NIIT, he has four children.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Jaan Kross?
He is a contemporary of American writer Michael Chabon.

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When was Novelist Jaan Kross born?
Jaan Kross birthday 19-2-1920 (at the age of 104).
Where is Novelist Jaan Kross's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Jaan Kross was born in . is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Goat. Jaan Kross's global rank is 93211 and whose rank is 1207 in list of famous Novelist.
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Events in 1920 and 19-2

Events in the world in the birth year of Jaan Kross

  • U.S. Dept. of Justice "red hunt" nets thousands of radicals; aliens deported.
  • Women's suffrage (19th) amendment ratified. Background: Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
  • Treaty of Sèvres dissolves Ottoman Empire.
  • Mexican president Venustiano Carranza is assassinated.

Birthday Jaan Kross (19-2) in history

  • Day 19-2 year 1674:
    The Netherlands and Great Britain signed the Westminster Peace Treaty, under which New Amsterdam was to be transferred to Britain (renamed New York).
  • Day 19-2 year 1807: Aaron Burr, vice president under Thomas Jefferson, was arrested for treason. He was later acquitted.
  • Day 19-2 year 1878: Thomas Edison patented the gramophone (phonograph).
  • Day 19-2 year 1942: President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order that resulted in the internment of thousands of Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast.
  • Day 19-2 year 1945: The U.S. Marines went ashore at Iwo Jima.
  • Day 19-2 year 1959: Britain, Turkey, and Greece signed the agreement granting Cyprus independence.
  • Day 19-2 year 1968: The first nationwide broadcast of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood aired on PBS.
  • Day 19-2 year 1997: Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader, died.
  • Day 19-2 year 2008: Fidel Castro resigned as President of Cuba after 49 years in power. Raúl Castro, Fidel's brother, succeeded him as president.
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