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Lydia Koidula

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The Resume

    (December 24, 1843-August 11, 1886)
    Born in Vändra, Estonia
    Real name is Lydia Emilie Florentine Jannsen
    Koidula means 'of the dawn'
    Also known as 'Koidulaulik', meaning 'Singer of the Dawn'
    Worked with her father Johann Voldemar Jannsen on his newspaper ‘The Courier’
    Wrote the poems ‘Meadow Flowers’ (1866), ‘The Nightingale of Emajõgi’ (1867), ‘My Fatherland is My Love’, and ‘Before Death, To Estonia!’
    Also wrote the plays ‘The Cousin from Saaremaa’, ‘The Betrothal Birches’ (both in 1870), ‘What a Bumpkin!’, and ‘Such a Mulk, or a Hundred Pura of Salt’ (1872)

Why she might be annoying:

    She had frizzy hair.
    She always felt homesick upon moving to Kronstadt even though she spent her summers in Estonia.
    Her works were largely anonymous because writing wasn’t regarded as a suitable career for well-to-do women of her time.
    Inevitably, her works had substantial German influence due to the strong influence of Baltic Germans in Estonia for centuries, and it wasn’t until ‘What a Bumpkin!’ that she finally had an original work.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was a highly influential figure of Estonian literature.
    She was the founder of Estonian theater.
    She proved that a vernacular language like Estonian can be used as a popular instrument of communication and nationalism.
    ‘My Fatherland is My Love’ is still sung in Estonia to end festivals.

Credit: Big Lenny


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    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 71 Votes: 50.70% Annoying