August GailitAugust Gailit (1891-1960) was a writer of exuberant imagination, a late neo-romanticist, whose entire output focuses on the external opposition of beauty and ugliness. His most influential work is Toomas Nipernaadi (1928). Toomas Nipernaadi has becom both a classic figure and text in Estonia. A film adaptation entitled Nipernaadi and directed by Kaljo Kiisk was released in 1983.
August Gailit's story Maiden of the North is featured in The Dedalus Book of Estonian literature.
He emigrated to Sweden in 1944. Read More Read Less