Kreutzwaldi F.R. (Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, 1803-1882)
Original Estonian name, apparently Vindri Roin Ristmets. Later pseudonyms: K. Friedhold, Lauluisa (song father), Viru Laulik (see Lauliku). The son of a cobbler serf, and one of the first Estonian intellectuals, doctor (author of the once very important manual Kodutohter [Home Doctor] in 1878), writer (his drippingly sentimental 1842 translation of a rewrite of a rewrite of the medieval legend of Genevieve of Brabant, Wagga Jenowewa ajalik elloaeg [The life of poor Genevieve], was perhaps the best-selling Estonian book of the 19th century) but best remembered as national poet and compiler of the Kalevipoeg, Estonia’s epic poem about the Son of Kalev, giant hero of the past, and vehicle for National Awakening after “the seven hundred years of serfdom”. Street once known as Romanov Prospect. The offices of Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR, Estonian public broadcasting) are at No.14. Longest Tallinn streetname. See Kalevipoja.