Who compiled the national epic Kalevipoeg?
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Correct answer: C. Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, who published it from 1857
- Step 1: The epic was put together in the nineteenth century from folk tales and songs. Step 2. Kreutzwald, a doctor, published it in instalments from 1857 to 1861. Answer: Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, who published it from 1857. Why not the others: Koidula was a poet, Tammsaare a novelist of the twentieth century, and Jannsen an editor.
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