Haava, Anna (real name.: Haavakivi, A.) (1864 – 1957) – writer, translator

This fonds contains the personal documents of Estonian poet Anna Haava. Born Anna Rosalie Haavakivi (15 October 1864 – 13 March 1957), she was an Estonian poet, writer and translator of the late 19th and 20th centuries. She was one of the founding members of the Estonian Writers’ Union in 1922, and also worked as a governess in Russia. Indeed, she first traveled to Leipzig, Germany, for her health, and then moved for several years to St. Petersburg, Russia, where she became a nurse and teacher.