Rannit, Aleksis.
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Alexis Rannit, Estonian poet and art critic, was born in Kallaste, Estonia, in 1914. He emigrated to Germany in 1939, and to the United States in 1952. Rannit worked at the New York Public Library in the 1950s and became Curator of the Slavic and East European collections at the Yale University Library in 1961. Rannit's writings include poetry in Estonian and in English translation, and several works of literary and art criticism. Among his major publications are Akna raamistuses (1937), Käesurve (1945), Suletud avarust (1956), Kuiv hiilgus (1963), Kaljud (1969), Line (1970), Sõrmus (1972), Donum Estonicum: Poems in Translation (1976), Cantus Firmus (1978), and Helikeeli (1982).
From the description of Aleksis Rannit papers, 1937-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702159767
Alexis Rannit, Estonian poet and art critic, was born in Kallaste, Estonia in 1914. He emigrated to Germany in 1939, and to the United States in 1952. Rannit worked at the New York Public Library in the 1950s and became Curator of the Slavic and East European collections at the Yale University Library in 1961. Rannit's writings include poetry in Estonian and in English translation, and several works of literary and art criticism. Among his major publications are Akna raamistuses (1937), Käesurve (1945), Suletud avarust (1956), Kuiv hiilgus (1963), Kaljud (1969), Line (1970), Sõrmus (1972), Donum Estonicum: Poems in Translation (1976), Cantus Firmus (1978), and Helikeeli (1982).
From the guide to the Aleksis Rannit papers, 1937-1985, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Alexis Rannit (1914-1985) was an Estonian poet, art critic, and curator of the Slavic and East European collections at the Yale University Library.
From the description of Calligraphic homages to Ezra Pound, 1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702201021
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- Acquisition of manuscripts
- Acquisitions (Libraries)
- Art
- Art criticism
- Art, Estonian
- Authors, Estonian
- Authors, Lithuanian
- Authors, Russian
- Emigration and immigration
- Estonian literature
- Estonian poetry
- Librarians
- Lithuanian literature
- Lithuanian poetry
- Poets, Estonian
- Poets, Lithuanian
- Poets, Russian
- Russian literature
- Russian poetry
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- Librarians
