Kalevipoeg
by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald
Kalevipoeg is the Estonian national epic, written by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald from folk tales of the giant Kalev's son and first issued in parts from 1857 to 1861 by the Learned Estonian Society, with a German translation. A shorter popular edition followed in 1862, printed in Kuopio, Finland.
- Editions tracked
- 1
- First published
- Learned Estonian Society, 1857
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Setting and characters
- Set in
- Baltic states
- Characters
- Kalevipoeg
- Genre
- epic poem
In print
- Editions recorded
- 13 on Open Library, 1 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 46 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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How many editions of Kalevipoeg are there?
We track 1 edition of Kalevipoeg. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
When was Kalevipoeg first published?
Kalevipoeg by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald was first published in 1857.
Where these facts come from
- Kalevipoeg, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Kalevipoeg (Q217100), Wikidata (wikidata.org)
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