Eduard Bornhöhe
Eduard Brunberg (– 17 November 1923), known by the pen name Eduard Bornhöhe,Estonian and German was an Estonian writer. Bornhöhe is generally considered a pioneer of the genre of the Estonian historical novel, as the majority of his creations consist of romanticism-influenced historical adventure stories.
Eduard Bornhöhe
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- Name
- Eduard Bornhöhe
- Born
- 17 February 1862
- Birthplace
- Kullaaru, Kreis Wierland, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
- Birth Name
- Eduard Brunberg
- Died
- 17 November 1923
- Place of death
- Tallinn, Estonia
- Nationality
- Estonia.
- Occupation
- screenwriter, translator, caricaturist, writer and lawyer.
- Education
- Imperial University of Dorpat.
- Languages
- Estonian.
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Eduard Brunberg (– 17 November 1923), known by the pen name Eduard Bornhöhe,Estonian and German was an Estonian writer. Bornhöhe is generally considered a pioneer of the genre of the Estonian historical novel, as the majority of his creations consist of romanticism-influenced historical adventure stories.
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• Name — Eduard Bornhöhe • Born — 17 February 1862 • Birthplace — Kullaaru, Kreis Wierland, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire • Birth Name — Eduard Brunberg • Died — 17 November 1923 • Place of death — Tallinn, Estonia
Withdrawal from publication
Withdrawal from publication
In 1893, the Russian Empire's censor prohibited publication of historical stories. This led to the eventual withdrawal of Bornhöhe from writing. Notably, he didn't publish any books during the last twenty years of his life.
Soviet views
Soviet views
Since Bornhöhe's preferred topic was Estonia's ancient fight for freedom rather than more complex or more polemical subjects, Soviets generally found his writings useful, and presented them as examples of pre-Soviet patriotism. Vürst Gabriel ehk Pirita kloostri viimased päevad was made into a movie, the first part of Tallinna narrid ja narrikesed was repeatedly published and adapted for TV under Soviet occupation, and Bornhöhe's historical novels were constantly in lists of mandatory reading in Soviet Estonian schools.
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Eduard Bornhöhe is recorded as screenwriter, translator, caricaturist, writer and lawyer.
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1862
Eduard Bornhöhe born at Lääne-Viru County.
1923
Eduard Bornhöhe died at Tallinn.
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Lääne-Viru County.
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Tallinn.
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