Anton Hansen Tammsaare

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Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878–1940) was one of Estonia’s most important writers, known for novels, essays, journalism, and drama. His five-volume Truth and Justice (Tõde ja õigus, 1926–1933) is considered one of the defining works of Estonian literature and offers a broad literary portrait of Estonia’s transformation from a province of the Russian Empire into an independent state.