A poet's life and work

A friend told me about a poetry book he got from the local library. The author's name intrigued me and I asked Mr Google about "Jaan Kaplinski", as the surname sounded Polish. Having read about his life, I thought that maybe you'd like about it too, Dear Reader. If so, click here, and there, for some of his poetry. If not, read just this bit from his autobiography:

'born January 22nd, 1941 in Tartu, time and place of death yet unknown. His mother was Estonian, Polish father disappeared in the Gulag archipelago during the war...'

Besides,  in this picture the man reminds me of a friend from college! :-)



And here is oe of Kaplinski's poems translated into Chinese: