Aado Lintrop (born 9 June 1956, Tallinn) is an Estonian poet, religious researcher and folklorist. He graduated from the University of Tartu with a degree in

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and Finno-Ugric philology in 1995. The same year, he also received a master's degree in Estonian and comparative folklore. He received his doctorate from the University of Tartu in 2000 in Estonian and comparative folklore. From 1979 until 1990, he worked at Estonian National Museum. Since 2000, he has been working at the

Estonian Literary Museum The Estonian Literary Museum (ELM; et, Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum), is a national research institute of the Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Estonia. Its mission is to improve the cultural heritage of Estonia, to collect, preser ...

. From 2004 to 2005, he was the head of Estonian Literary Museum's

Estonian Folklore Archives The Estonian Folklore Archives (EFA) is the central folklore archives in Estonia. The Archives functions currently as the subdivision of the Estonian Literary Museum but it was established in 1927 as the division of the Estonian National Museu ...

Selected works

* 1985: poetry collection "Asuja" * 2000: poetry collection "Sõnaristi" * 2010: poetry collection "Annapurna" * 2011: poetry collection "Nights Ride into My Yard"

References

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