Anton Hansen Tammsaare Net Worth

. Anton Hansen Tammsaare was an Estonian writer who is renowned for his pentalogy ‘Truth and Justice’, which is considered a cornerstone of Estonian literature. Born to a poor farmer, he managed to finance his education and joined the University of Tartu to study law. However, he contracted tuberculosis and withdrew without obtaining a degree. After recovering, he decided to pursue a career in literature and wrote several works based on the revolution of 1905 and the history of Estonia. His five-volume saga ‘Truth and Justice’ earned him much appreciation and he was crowned as the most famous writer of Estonia. His works continue to be widely read and appreciated by readers.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Writer
Birth Day January 30, 1878
Birth Place Albu Parish, Estonian
Age 141 YEARS OLD
Died On 1 March 1940(1940-03-01) (aged 62)\nTallinn, Estonia
Birth Sign Aquarius
Other names A. H. Tammsaare
Occupation Novelist
Years active 1900–1940
Spouse(s) Käthe-Amalie Veltman (m. 1920; his death 1940)
Children Riita Tammsaare Eerik Tammsaare

💰 Net worth: $4 Million (2024)

Anton Hansen Tammsaare, a renowned Estonian writer, is estimated to have a net worth of $4 million by 2024. Widely recognized for his significant contributions to Estonian literature, Tammsaare crafted many influential works throughout his career. His insightful storytelling and deep understanding of human nature have garnered him immense praise, both domestically and internationally. As a prominent figure in the Estonian literary scene, Tammsaare's wealth is a testament to his talent and enduring impact on the literary world.

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Biography/Timeline

1905

Truth and Justice comprises five volumes, which have no individual titles (some were added in translation). Since vol. 3 contains a description about the Russian Revolution of 1905, which is not informed by ideology but by an existential attention to individual suffering, it was often combined with vol. 2 by Soviet censorship.

1911

Tammsaare was born in Järvamaa, in the municipality of Albu, village of Vetepere, the son of a farmer. He came from a poor background, but managed to collect enough money for his education. More so his family was quite enlightened for the time, with his father for instance ordering newspapers, which most Estonian farmers didn't. He studied in Väike-Maarja and Tartu in Hugo Treffner's Gymnasium, and afterwards at the University of Tartu, where he studied law. Tammsaare's studies were interrupted by tuberculosis in 1911. He spent over a year in a sanatorium in Sochi — where his memorial house is open to the public — and the following six years in his brother's farm in Koitjärve, Estonia (now part of Põhja-Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve), reading works of Cervantes, Shakespeare and Homer. His younger sister, Maria Hansen, was the mother of Tammaare's nephew, actor Arno Suurorg.

1918

In 1918, when Estonia became independent, Tammsaare moved to Tallinn. It was here that Tammsaare wrote those prose works, based on the history and lives of the Estonian people, which have gained him a prominent place in Estonian literature.

1978

Tammsaare was interested in philosophy and psychology. His novels reflect the ideas of Bergson, Jung and Freud . He was, however, sceptical about cosmopolitanism. “European culture”, he wrote “is something to be overcome if one wishes to see the triumph of love, justice and humanity spoken of so glibly.” Like Carl Robert Jakobson and Jaan Tõnisson's Tartu Renaissance group, he believed that Estonian culture was best served by farmers and intellectuals from rural backgrounds. His work was influenced( at various stages) by Oscar Wilde, Knut Hamsun and André Gide, but, above all, by the Russian realists. “In the whole of world literature," said Tammsaare, I have never read anything to compare to the Russians... there is no one to compare to Tolstoy, Dostoievsky or Gogol"... Dostoievsky “really disturbed me: I lived in a waking dream under his influence. I was especially gripped by Crime and punishment (reference: A.H Tammsaare. L. Siimisker, A.Palm. Eesti Rammat. Tallinn 1978. P:64)

2014

Truth and Justice was not translated into English until 2014, when Haute Culture Books published the first volume of the saga under the name "Andres and Pearu". There are two complete translations into German and one each into French, Latvian, and Czech. Volume 1 has also been translated into Finnish, Polish, and Hungarian (with the title, Orcad veritekevel).