Who compiled and authored the Estonian national epic 'Kalevipoeg', published between 1857 and 1861?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald
- Step 1: Friedrich Robert Faehlmann initially conceived the idea of compiling an epic from Estonian folk tales about the giant hero Kalevipoeg. Step 2. Following Faehlmann's death, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald authored the complete 20-canto verse epic using traditional regilaul alliterative metre. Answer: Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald. Why not the others: Peterson was the early 19th-century pioneer poet who died young in 1822; Jakobson was a political leader and journalist; Jannsen organized the first Song Festival.
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