Johannes Semper

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Johannes Semper
Johannes Semper

Johannes Semper (near Viljandi, 10 March [O.S. 22 March] 1892 - Tallinn, February 2, 1970) was an Estonian writer and translator.

A student and later a prominent scholar at the University of Tartu, he was briefly nominated as Minister for Education of the Estonian SSR when the country was a republic of the Soviet Union in 1940.

He wrote the lyrics of the Anthem of Estonian SSR.

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