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Memorial held for Jaan Kross

Jan 09, 2008
By Adam Krowka

Kross was the literary voice of Estonia for readers worldwide.
TALLINN - Estonia’s statesmen and cultural figures gathered in Tallinn’s Kaarli Church on Jan. 5 to remember Jaan Kross, easily the nation’s best-known contemporary writer. Kross died Dec. 27 at the age of 87 after a prolonged illness. Speaking at the funeral service, which was broadcast live on Estonian Television, President Toomas Hendrik Ilves described the writer as  “...one of those who kept fresh the spirits of the people and made us ready to take the opportunity of restorin ...

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