Literary correspondence of Johannes Vares-Barbarus and Johannes Semper

Estonian LiterarY Museum

Correspondence of two friends and cultural figures

The dataset contains the private correspondence of the well-known Estonian writers and cultural figures Johannes Vares-Barbarus (1890–1946) and Johannes Semper (1892–1970). Barbarus’s letters are preserved in the Estonian Cultural History Archives at the Estonian Literary Museum, and Semper’s letters to Barbarus are held in the Estonian National Archives.

Johannes Vares-Barbarus and Emilie Vares, Johannes Semper’s mother, Johannes and Aurora Semper in 1936. EKM EKLA, A-30: 136.