Kristjan Jaak Peterson
Estonian writer
- Lived
- 1801–1822
- Country
- Russia
- Romanticism
Updated September 2026
About Kristjan Jaak Peterson
Kristjan Jaak Peterson, also known as Christian Jacob Petersohn, was an Estonian poet, commonly regarded as a herald of Estonian national literature and the founder of modern Estonian poetry.
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