Madde Kalda
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
August 23, 1903
Madde Kalda | |
|---|---|
| Born | Magdalena Alavina August 23, 1903 |
| Died | April 6, 1984 (aged 80) Väike-Maarja, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Writer |
Madde Kalda (until 1925 Magdalena Alavina, from 1925 to 1936 Magdalena Kalda, August 23 [O.S. August 10] 1903 – April 6, 1984) was an Estonian writer.
Madde Kalda was born in Põikma in the Governorate of Estonia in the Russian Empire. She was the daughter of the farmer Jaan Alavina (1862–1943) and Ann Alavina (née Kroll) (1874–1952). She attended the Hageri village school and the Hageri Educational Society School, which she graduated from in 1917. She worked as an assistant secretary in the municipal government of Kernu, Hageri, and Vao from 1923 to 1925, and then she was a housewife in Väike-Maarja. She was married to Johannes Kalda (1895–1938), and their daughter was the literary scholar Maie Kalda (1929–2013).[1] From 1978 to 1981, she lived in the village of Tamse on the island of Muhu, and then once more in Väike-Maarja, where she also died.[2][3]
