1. Oskar Luts was born into a middle-class family in Jarvepera, central Estonia, at that time in the governorate of Livonia.
10 Facts About Oskar Luts
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In 1903, Luts started working as an apothecary apprentice in Tartu and Narva.
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Oskar Luts continued this work in Dorpat while studying pharmacy at university.
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When World War I started, Oskar Luts was conscripted into the Russian army.
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Oskar Luts worked as a military pharmacist in Pskov, Warsaw, Daugavpils, Vilnius and in Vitebsk, where he got married.
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Oskar Luts was released from military duty for health reasons in the autumn of 1918 and went back to Tartu with his family the same year, where he started working as an apothecary.
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In 1936, Oskar Luts began living in his home on Riia Street in Tartu.
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Oskar Luts was the first Estonian writer to receive the title of People's Writer of the Estonian SSR.
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Oskar Luts created his happiest literary works in the years before World War I He wrote several comedies as well as his first novel called Kevade.
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Oskar Luts wrote for children, and his most popular children's book is Nukitsamees, which has been made into a 1981 film.