Jaan Kross was a novelist. His historical fiction is also a life: imprisonment, return, and books that tell Estonia through other centuries. Photographs cover the later public years. He died in 2007. The novels are the long story.
Fotografie
Barnos · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Keisrihull · CC BY-SA 4.0
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MaarjaU · CC BY-SA 4.0
Gând
A sample thought. Someone who was taught, or helped, would leave a few lines here.
Nora
Gând
A sample thought. A colleague would remember the work, and the way it was done.
Paul
Poveste
What I was told
This is a sample story. A grandchild would write what they were told, and the one afternoon they remember for themselves.
Sofia
Lumânare
For the songs, and for Sunday.
Paul
Lumânare
A sample candle left beside the story.
Mira
Videoclipuri
A recording the family kept
A sample film for Jaan Kross. The family would put here a song or a piece of footage they still play.
Muzică
Music for a quiet afternoon
The family
Dar
Lumânare
A sample gift of light.
Helen
Dar
Carte
A sample card for Jaan Kross.
Mark
Dar
Floare
A sample flower, left on the page.
Iris
Cronologie
Born
Jaan Kross was born in 1920.
Cronologie
The Czar’s Madman
The Czar’s Madman was published, the novel many readers outside Estonia met first.
Cronologie
Died
He died in 2007.
Întâlnire
An evening of remembrance
A sample gathering for Jaan Kross. The family would write the time, the place, and who is welcome.
The family
1920
1978
2007