Eduard Vilde

Estonian author

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In Estonian literature
An outstanding realist novelist was Eduard Vilde, who wrote a historical trilogy attacking the Balto-Germanic feudal system and in Mäeküla piimamees (1916; “The Dairyman of Mäeküla”) again treated the relationship between landowner and serf. Friedebert Tuglas, who introduced Impressionism and Symbolism, belonged to Young Estonia, while August Gailit was a…
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