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Jaan Kaplinski (born January 22, 1941 in Tartu〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jaan Kaplinski - writer )〕) is an Estonian poet, philosopher, and culture critic. Kaplinski is known for his independent mind, focus on global issues and support for left-wing/liberal thinking. He has been influenced by Eastern philosophical schools (taoism and especially buddhism).〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jaan Kaplinski )〕 Kaplinski studied Romance language and linguistics at Tartu University, graduating as a French philologist in 1964,〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jaan Kaplinski )〕 and has worked as a translator, editor, and sociologist, and ecologist at the Tallinn Botanic Garden. He has been named as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.〔http://www.dn.se/arkiv/kultur/var-hamnar-pricken-i-ar-litteraturpristagaren-utses-i-dag〕 ==Writings== Jaan Kaplinski has published numerous collections of poems, prose, and essays. He has translated writings from French, English, Spanish, Chinese, including the Tao Te Ching, and Swedish, the work of Tomas Tranströmer. Kaplinski's own work has been translated into English, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, Icelandic, Hungarian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, Hebrew, Bulgarian, and Czech. His essays deal with environmental problems, philosophy of language, classical Chinese poems, philosophy, buddhism, and Estonian nationalism. Jaan Kaplinski was one of the authors and initiators of the so-called ''Letter of 40 intellectuals'' (''Neljakümne kiri'') action. A letter signed by well-known Estonian intellectuals protesting against the behavior of the authorities in Soviet-annexed Estonia was sent to the main newspapers of the time. Although not openly dissident, the letter was never published in the press at that time and those who signed were repressed using administrative measures. His semi-autobiographical novel ''The Same River'' is published by Peter Owen in English translation by Susan Wilson. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jaan Kaplinski」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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