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Betti Alver
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Key facts
- Born
- Elisabet Alver , ( 1906-11-23 ) 23 November 1906, Jõgeva , Kreis Dorpat , Governorate of Livonia , Russian Empire
- Died
- 19 June 1989 (1989-06-19) (aged 82), Tartu , then part of Estonian SSR , Soviet Union
- Other names
- Elisabet Talvik , Elisabet Lepik
- Occupation
- Poet
- Years active
- 1922–1989
- Spouses
- Heiti Talvik , Mart Lepik
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elisabet
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Jõgeva
- Place of death
- Tartu
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Tartu
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- poetry
- Image
- Betti Alver.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1906-11-23
- date of death
- 1989-06-19
- place of burial
- Raadi cemetery
- Commons category
- Betti Alver
- name in native language
- Elisabet Alver
- pseudonym
- Betti Alver
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Encyclopedic overview
Elisabet "Betti" Alver (23 November [O.S. 10 November] 1906 – 19 June 1989), was one of Estonia's most notable poets. She was among the first generation to be educated in schools of an independent Estonia. She went to grammar school in Tartu.
The Betti Alver Museum in Jõgeva
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