{"id":1440,"date":"2026-02-24T20:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etkad.ee\/?page_id=1440"},"modified":"2026-02-25T20:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:29:27","slug":"correspondence-of-johannes-vares-barbarus-and-johannes-semper","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.etkad.ee\/en\/humal\/correspondence-of-johannes-vares-barbarus-and-johannes-semper\/","title":{"rendered":"Literary correspondence of Johannes Vares-Barbarus and Johannes Semper"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Estonian LiterarY Museum<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Correspondence of two friends and cultural figures <\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The dataset contains the private correspondence of the well-known Estonian writers and cultural figures Johannes Vares-Barbarus (1890\u20131946) and Johannes Semper (1892\u20131970). Barbarus\u2019s letters are preserved in the Estonian Cultural History Archives at the Estonian Literary Museum, and Semper\u2019s letters to Barbarus are held in the Estonian National Archives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correspondence from the years 1911\u20131939 consists of 670 letters, with a total length of more than 1,100 pages (published as a two-volume book). Since the two men were childhood friends who remained connected throughout their lives by shared interests (poetry, translation, foreign travel, sports, etc.), the correspondence is thematically rich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n