Mihkel Jürna (17 September 1899 – 5 December 1972, Tallinn) was an Estonian writer and translator.

He was born in Soonuka in present-day Vinni Parish. He attended schools in Kiltsi and Väike-Maarja. From 1917 until 1923 he studied at the Hugo Treffner Gymnasium in Tartu. After graduation, he entered the Faculty of Law of the University of Tartu and graduated in 1926. From 1934 until 1937 he studied at the university's Faculty of Medicine.

Mihkel Jürna

He died in 1972 and is buried at Metsakalmistu Cemetery in Tallinn.

Mihkel Jürna

Selected works

1921: play Idee

1925: collections Sang and Bumerang (co-authored with Juhan Schütz (Sütiste) and Erni Hiir) 1927: collection of novellas Tavalised 1929: collection of novellas Üks armastus 1932: collection of novellas Ärigeenius 1972: collection Tavalised

Mihkel Jürna

References

1899 births

1972 deaths

20th-century Estonian writers

Estonian male poets

20th-century Estonian poets

Estonian male short story writers

Estonian translators

Hugo Treffner Gymnasium alumni

University of Tartu alumni

Estonian military personnel of the Estonian War of Independence

People from Vinni Parish

Burials at Metsakalmistu