Hilda Dresen
Hilda Dresen (11 May 1896 – 5 February 1981) was an Estonian radio-telegraphist and Esperantist translator. She mainly translated Estonian poetry into Esperanto.
Also recorded as Hilda Helene Dresen
Hilda Dresen

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- Name
- Hilda Dresen
- Born
- 11 May 1896
- Birthplace
- Kolga, Kreis Harrien, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
- Died
- 5 February 1981
- Place of death
- Tallinn, then part of Estonian SSR, Soviet Union
- Known for
- Translator of Estonian poetry into Esperanto
- Nationality
- Russian Empire, Estonia and Soviet Union.
- Occupation
- esperantist, writer, poet, translator and radio operator.
- Languages
- Esperanto, Estonian and Russian.
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Hilda Dresen (11 May 1896 – 5 February 1981) was an Estonian radio-telegraphist and Esperantist translator. She mainly translated Estonian poetry into Esperanto.
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• Name — Hilda Dresen • Born — 11 May 1896 • Birthplace — Kolga, Kreis Harrien, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire • Died — 5 February 1981 • Place of death — Tallinn, then part of Estonian SSR, Soviet Union • Known for — Translator of Estonian poetry into Esperanto
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Hilda Dresen was born in Kolga. She was a younger sister of Helmi Dresen. She studied Esperanto in 1913. She did collaborations, e.g., for Literatura Mondo, La Nica Literatura Revuo, Norda Prismo (1955–1972). In 1967, she also published her own poetry collection Norda Naturo (Northern Nature).

Helmi, Hilda kaj Agnes Dresen en 1923
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1896
Hilda Dresen born at Kolga.
1981
Hilda Dresen died at Tallinn.
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- 1.Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus ja Heino Puhvel. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 2000, ISBN 9985-65-271-1, S. 68.
- 2.Jaan Ojaloo: Hilda Dresen, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 4/1981, S. 255.
- 3.Jüri Talvet: Hilda Dresen – teistele meilt ja temalt meile. Tõlkija ja poetessi 80. sünnipäevaks, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 5/1976, S. 299.
- 4.Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus ja Heino Puhvel. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 2000, ISBN 9985-65-271-1, S. 68; ihrer eigenen Aussage zufolge „annähernd 70“, s. Jaan Ojaloo: Hilda Dresen, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 4/1981, S. 255.
- 5.H. Sepamaa: Hilda Dresenit mäletades, in: Looming 3/1981, S. 446.
- 6.Jüri Talvet: Hilda Dresen – teistele meilt ja temalt meile. Tõlkija ja poetessi 80. sünnipäevaks, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 5/1976, S. 299.
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