Elisabet "Betti" Alver ( – 19 June 1989),
Writing
She began as a prose writer. She became known for being a member of the
Arbujad ("Soothsayers"), a small group of influential Estonian poets including
Bernard Kangro,
Uku Masing,
Kersti Merilaas, Mart Raud,
August Sang,
Heiti Talvik and
Paul Viiding. After the war her husband Heiti Talvik was imprisoned by the Soviets and died in Siberia.
For two or three decades she was silent as a poet as protest of Soviet rule, but renewed activity in the 1960s. Of note in this second period is the 1966 collection
Tähetund or "Starry Hour". She also wrote novels and did translation work.
On the hundredth anniversary of her birth a museum was dedicated to her in Jõgeva.
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