Famous life · 2022
Jaan Kross at the corner of four streets
Writer Jaan Kross was born in Tallinn and studied at the Jakob Westholm Gymnasium. During the German occupation in 1944 he was arrested by the security police and the SD and held in the Central Prison while under investigation. He was freed the same year and went back to his studies at Tartu University. Kross became known above all for novels based on Estonian history, such as Between Three Plagues, The Czar's Madman and Professor Martens' Departure, and he was put forward several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is buried in Rahumäe cemetery. In 2022, for his 102nd birthday, a monument to him was unveiled where Kullassepa, Kuninga, Niguliste and Harju streets meet.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Kirjanik Jaan Kross sündis Tallinnas ja õppis Jakob Westholmi Gümnaasiumis. Saksa okupatsiooni ajal 1944. aastal arreteerisid ta Saksa julgeolekupolitsei ja SD ning ta viibis eeluurimise all Keskvanglas. Samal aastal ta vabanes ja jätkas õpinguid Tartu Ülikoolis. Kross sai tuntuks eelkõige Eesti ajalool põhinevate teostega nagu „Kolme katku vahel“, „Keisri hull“ ja „Professor Martensi ärasõit“ ning teda esitati mitu korda Nobeli kirjandusauhinna kandidaadiks. Ta on maetud Rahumäe kalmistule. 2022. aastal avati tema 102. sünniaastapäevaks Kullassepa, Kuninga, Niguliste ja Harju tänava nurgal Jaan Krossi monument.