Johannes Semper ( – 21 February 1970) was an Estonian poet, writer, translator and politician. He was born in Pahuvere (now Viljandi Parish), Kreis Fellin, in the Governorate of Livonia. A student and later a prominent scholar at the University of Tartu, he was briefly nominated as Minister for Education of Estonia when the country was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940. He wrote the lyrics of the Anthem of Estonian SSR. He died in Tallinn. References Extermal links 1892 births 1970 deaths People from Viljandi Parish People from Kreis Fellin Estonian Socialist Revolutionary Party politicians Estonian Independent Socialist Workers' Party politicians Communist Party of Estonia politicians Education ministers of Estonia People's commissars and ministers of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Members of the Estonian Constituent Assembly Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1940–1947 Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1947–1951 Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1963–1967 Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1967–1971 Looming (magazine) editors Estonian male poets Estonian translators Estonian magazine editors 20th-century translators 20th-century Estonian poets University of Tartu alumni People's Writers of the Estonian SSR Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Burials at Metsakalmistu