Anu Korb (born on 1950

Kärdla Kärdla (; ; ) is the only town on the island of Hiiumaa, Estonia. It is the capital of Hiiu County and the administrative center of Hiiumaa Parish. The Chairman of the District Council of Kärdla is Tõnis Paljasma. Geography Kärdla is located ...

Hiiu County Hiiu County ( or ''Hiiumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia, being the smallest county both in terms of area and population. It consists of Hiiumaa (German language, German and ), the second largest island of Estonia, and several smaller isl ...

) is an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n folklorist. Since 1975, she is working as a researcher and archivist at

Estonian Literary Museum The Estonian Literary Museum (ELM; ), 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, preserve, research and publish th ...

. 1991–1998, she was the head of the museum's Estonian Folklore Archives. Her main field of research has been the history of the Estonian Folklore Archives, theory of folkloristic fieldwork, and Estonian diaspora (especially Siberian Estonians). In 2021, she was awarded with

Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star (; ) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonian citizens and foreigners to give recognition for services rendered to the Estonian state. Design Classes The Order of the White Star ...

, V class.

Publications

* monograph "Estonian Settlements in Siberia" (1995-1999)

References

Living people 1950 births Estonian folklorists Estonian women folklorists University of Tartu alumni Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class People from Kärdla {{Estonia-academic-bio-stub