14MAR2019 - Holiday Today - Estonia

Estonia - Mother Tongue Day
March 14 is Mother Tongue Day (emakeelepäev) in Estonia. This holiday is very important for the Estonians and it commemorates the great Estonian poet Kristijan Jaak Peterson, who was born on March 14, 1801.
Kristijan Jaak Peterson is commonly regarded as the founder of modern Estonian poetry. His career didn't last long, because Peterson died of tuberculosis at the age of 21. He even didn't see his poetry published. His three German poems were published posthumously in 1823. His poetry in Estonian was gathered into two thin books and published only a hundred years after his death. Nowadays his birthday is celebrated as Mother Tongue Day.

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