1896 - 1976
Karl Aben Estonian Translator
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| Birthday |
23rd September, 1896
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| Died |
22nd October, 1976
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| Zodiac Sign |
Virgo
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| Nationality |
Estonian
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| Occupation |
Translator
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Karl Aben (Latvian: Kārlis Abens; 23 September 1896 – 22 October 1976) was an Estonian and Latvian linguist and translator. In Estonia, he became known as the country's foremost translator from Latvian at the time (translated works of Jānis Rainis, Vilis Lācis and Andrejs Upīts, among many others), but he also translated from Estonian into Latvian (Oskar Luts Abandoned House). Aben was born into an Estonian family in Northern Latvia, he studied at the University of Tartu, graduating as Estonian philologist in 1940. From 1940 to 1941 he worked at the University of Riga as a lecturer of Estonian and Finnish. From 1944 to 1961 he worked at the University of Tartu.
