Ado Grenzstein

Ado Grenzstein,pseudonymA. Piirikivi(5 February 1849 – 20 April 1916) was anEstonianjournalist, writer and teacher, brother ofTõnis Grenzstein[Wikidata].In 1881, he founded theOleviknewspaper, which become one of the most important Estonian newspapers of the period. The purpose of the paper was "weaning the Estonian peasant readership away from the 'firebrands and madcaps' who editedSakala".^[1]He soon broke with theEstonian nationalist movementand became an apologist ofRussification.He even went further, expressing doubt whether the loss of the Estonian nation would be of any consequence to mankind.^[2]His views have been characterized as "nationalnihilism".^[3]In 1901, he left Estonia and settled first inDresden,and then later inParis.^[4]

In an attempt to revitalize theEstonian language,Grenzstein tried to coin words out of nothing (seeex nihilo lexical enrichment) and introducedneologismssuch askabe"draughts, checkers" andmale"chess".^[5]

References

^Kirby, David (15 July 2014).The Baltic World 1772-1993: Europe's Northern Periphery in an Age of Change.Routledge. p. 197.ISBN 978-1-317-90218-8.
^"Kiusaja Grenzstein by Hent Kalmo".Archived fromthe originalon 2015-02-03.Retrieved2018-10-02.
^"Venestamine Eestis 1880-1917. Dokumente ja materjale"(PDF).gbv.de.Tallinn. 1997.Retrieved22 March2023.
^Salupere, Malle (2005).Tartu (Dorpat): eine tausendjährige junge Kulturstadt(in German). Tartu University Press. p. 99.ISBN 978-9949-11-072-8.
^Zuckermann, Ghil'ad(2003),Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew.Palgrave Macmillan.ISBN 978-1403917232 [1],p. 149.

External links

Ado GrenzsteinatESBL(in Estonian)

[Kirby2014-1] Kirby, David (15 July 2014).The Baltic World 1772-1993: Europe's Northern Periphery in an Age of Change.Routledge. p. 197.ISBN 978-1-317-90218-8.

[2] "Kiusaja Grenzstein by Hent Kalmo".Archived fromthe originalon 2015-02-03.Retrieved2018-10-02.

[3] "Venestamine Eestis 1880-1917. Dokumente ja materjale"(PDF).gbv.de.Tallinn. 1997.Retrieved22 March2023.

[Salupere2005-4] Salupere, Malle (2005).Tartu (Dorpat): eine tausendjährige junge Kulturstadt(in German). Tartu University Press. p. 99.ISBN 978-9949-11-072-8.

[5] Zuckermann, Ghil'ad(2003),Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew.Palgrave Macmillan.ISBN 978-1403917232 [1],p. 149.

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