Kalju Kruusa (real name Jaanus Valk; born 10 October 1973, in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

) is an

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n poet, editor and translator. From 1993, he is studying at

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.

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and

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(Tokyo). In 2008, he defended his BA thesis on the French symbolist poet

Stéphane Mallarmé Stéphane Mallarmé ( , ; ; 18 March 1842 – 9 September 1898), pen name of Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French Symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools o ...

. He is one of the founders of the literary group Erakkond ('Hermitkind'), established in 1996. With

Hasso Krull Hasso may refer to: * Hasso von Boehmer (1904–1945), German soldier and part of the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler * Hasso von Manteuffel (1897–1978), German soldier and liberal politician * Hasso Plattner (born 1944), cofounder of softwar ...

, he founded in 2001 the poetry e-magazine ''Ninniku'', being its co-editor until 2010.

Works

* 1999: poetry collection "Meeleolu" ('Frame of Mind') * 2004: poetry collection "Treffamisi" ('Encounters') * 2010: poetry collection "Tühhja" ('Nothing') * 2015: poetry collection "Äädikkärbsed" ('Fruit Flies')

References

Living people 1973 births Estonian male poets 21st-century Estonian poets Estonian translators Estonian editors Writers from Tallinn University of Tartu alumni Tallinn University alumni Waseda University alumni {{Estonia-writer-stub