Aleksander Antson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Aleksander Antson

Estonian author, athletics competitor and journalist (1899-1945)

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1899

Place of Birth: Pihtla Rural Municipality, Saare County, Estonia

Date of Death: 21-Sep-1945

Profession: writer, author, journalist, athletics competitor

Nationality: Estonia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Aleksander Antson

  • Aleksander Antson (August 31, 1899 – September 21, 1945) was an Estonian journalist, writer, and track and field athlete. Aleksander Antson was born on the island of Saaremaa.
  • He trained as a school teacher for Estonian and Sport.
  • Antson worked from 1916 as a teacher and journalist.
  • 1925-26 he worked as an editor at Virulane, 1927-1930 at Rahva Sõna and 1931-1933 at Vaba Maa.
  • Interested in political and social issues of the day, he was influenced by expressionism.
  • With other like-minded intellectuals he formed a loose literary group under the name Aktsioon, with whom he published three literary almanacs (1926, 1927, 1929) with his friend Valter Kaaver. In the 1920s gained recognition as a political writer.
  • His plays describe the horrors of war and the revolutionary struggle, and were among the popular stage works of the time.
  • In the 1930s he turned to lighter subjects and authored two novels, and penned numerous satirical epigrams and travel stories.
  • He was also active in the workers' sports movement.
  • In the Estonian team, he participated in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris in the 1500 metres.During the first Soviet occupation of Estonia in 1940-41 he was employed by the communist party newspaper Rahva Hääl (The People's Voice).
  • Along with the likes of August Gailit, August Jakobson, Mait Metsanurk, and August Mälk, he expressed sympathy for Communism.
  • With the German occupation of Estonia (1941–44) Antson was arrested and put in jail. He died in 1945 in a car accident in Haapsalu.

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