The earliest extant samples of connected Estonian literature are the so-called Kullamaa prayers dating from 1524 and 1528.
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10 Facts About Estonian literature
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Writings in Estonian literature became more significant in the 19th century during the Estophile Enlightenment Period.
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Cultural stratum of Estonian literature was originally characterised by a largely lyrical form of folk poetry based on syllabic quantity.
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Estonian literature published an Estonian-language alphabet book called ABD ehk Luggemise-Ramat Lastele in 1795.
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Estonian literature gathered his Estonian poems into two small books but never saw them published: this only occurred a hundred years after his death.
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Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv, the largest Estonian literature-language publishing house in exile, was set up and its method of book distribution secured the continuity of literary life on an institutional level and on a global scale, except in the Soviet-controlled homeland.
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So-called alternative literature was disseminated in manuscript form, the most significant authors in this field being the dissident poet Jaan Isotamm.
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Estonian literature has been Writer-in-Residence at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
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Estonian literature's reputation relies mainly on his Apothecary Melchior series, set in medieval Tallinn.
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