Ita Saks

 ( 1921 Births ) 

Ita Saks (3 December 1921 – 23 March 2003) was an translator and journalist. She is mainly known for her Latvian-language translations into Estonian.

Saks was born into a Jewish family in Valga. From 1950 until 1956, she studied Estonian philology at Tartu State University.

In 1980 she signed the letter of 40 intellectuals.

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Personal life Saks married the writer Juhan Smuul in 1945. The couple divorced in 1951. Afterward, she was in a relationship with the writer Aadu Hint, with whom she had a daughter, the translator Mare Zaneva. Real estate investor Georgi Zanev is her grandson.

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Awards

• 1986: Andrejs Upīts Award
• 1997: Order of the Three Stars
• 2001: Order of the White Star, Fifth Class.

Categories: 1921 Births, 2003 Deaths, Estonian Translators, University Of Tartu Alumni, Recipients Of The Order Of The White Star, 5th Class, People From Valga, Estonia, Soviet Translators, 20th-century Estonian Jews, 21st-century Estonian Jews

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