Siuru
Sign in to savethumb|Members of Siuru group, rear: Peet Aren, Otto Krusten; front row: Friedebert Tuglas, Arthur Adson, Marie Under, August Gailit, Johannes Semper and Henrik Visnapuu The Siuru literary movement, named after a fire-bird in Finnic mythology, was founded in 1917 in Estonia. It was an expressionistic and neo-romantic movement that ran counter to the Young Estonia formalist tradition.
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thumb|Members of Siuru group, rear: Peet Aren, Otto Krusten; front row: Friedebert Tuglas, Arthur Adson, Marie Under, August Gailit, Johannes Semper and Henrik Visnapuu The Siuru literary movement, named after a fire-bird in Finnic mythology, was founded in 1917 in Estonia. It was an expressionistic and neo-romantic movement that ran counter to the Young Estonia formalist tradition.
==Members== Along with the founder August Gailit, the movement included the following young poets and writers: Marie Under, Henrik Visnapuu, Johannes Semper, Friedebert Tuglas, Peet Aren, Otto Krusten, and Artur Adson. Between 1917 and 1919, Siuru published three volumes of poetry. 1919 led to conflicts within the group. Visnapuu and Gailit left, while Johannes Barbarus and August Alle joined as new members.