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Post-War and Contemporary Literature

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  1. Which world-renowned Estonian author wrote major historical novels such as 'Keisri hull' (The Czar's Madman) and 'Kolme katku vahel' (Between Three Plagues)?
  2. Whose historical life in 16th-century Livonia forms the biographical subject of Jaan Kross's four-part novel 'Kolme katku vahel'?
  3. Which major Estonian philosophical poet and essayist authored 'The Same Sea in Us All' and was shortlisted for the European Parliament and Nobel honours?
  4. Which popular Estonian author and satirist wrote the bestselling fantasy-mythological novels 'Rehepapp' (The Old Barny) and 'Mees, kes teadis ussisõnu' (The Man Who Spoke Snakish)?
  5. Who is the medieval detective protagonist in Indrek Hargla's popular historical crime series set in 15th-century Tallinn?
  6. Which 1993 ground-breaking novel published under the pseudonym Emil Tode explored post-Soviet identity, exile, and sexuality in Paris?
  7. Whose autobiographical novel 'Seitsmes rahukevad' (The Seventh Spring of Peace, 1985) depicted childhood in Stalinist rural Estonia through a child's perception?
  8. Which patriotic poet's verses, collected in works like 'Laulud tüdrukuga' and 'Ilus maa', became anthems sung during the Singing Revolution of 1988?

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