Johannes Semper

{{Short description|Estonian writer and politician}}

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Johannes Semper ({{OldStyleDate|22 March|1892|10 March}} – 21 February 1970)[http://www2.kirmus.ee/biblioserver/isik/index.php?id=3325 Eesti biograafiline andmebaas ISIK]. Retrieved 14 June 2016. was an Estonian poet, writer, translator and politician.

He was born in Pahuvere (now Viljandi Parish), Kreis Fellin, in the Governorate of Livonia. A student and later a prominent scholar at the University of Tartu, he was briefly nominated as Minister for Education of Estonia when the country was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940.[http://www2.kirmus.ee/biblioserver/isik/index.php?id=3325 Eesti biograafiline andmebaas ISIK]. Retrieved 14 June 2016.

He wrote the lyrics of the Anthem of the Estonian SSR.[http://www2.kirmus.ee/biblioserver/isik/index.php?id=3325 Eesti biograafiline andmebaas ISIK]. Retrieved 14 June 2016.

He died in Tallinn and was buried at the Metsakalmistu.