Ilmi Kolla (4 April 1933

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– 18 December 1954

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) was an

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n poet. In 1950, she become a member of the Pärnu department of the Young Authors' Association. In 1952, she worked on the editorial board of the youth newspaper '' Säde''. She died in 1954 because of

tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is a contagious disease usually caused by ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can al ...

. She is buried at

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Cemetery. Her poetry collections were published posthumously. Several of her poems were set to music.

Works

* 1957: poetry collection "Luuletused" * 1983: poetry collection "Minu kevad" * 2009: poetry collection "Kõik mu laulud" (compiled by Eve Annuk)

References

1933 births 1954 deaths Estonian women poets Estonian women writers 20th-century Estonian poets People from Pärnu 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in the Soviet Union Tuberculosis deaths in Estonia {{Estonia-poet-stub