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Kärberi K.
(Kristjan Kärber, 1908-1977)
Builder, author of the illustrated 40-page classic Telliste kiirladumine ehitustel (speedy brick-stacking for the building-trade) and worker-hero, nominated Honorary Citizen in 1972 for “recognizing the special merits for Tallinn in the revolutionary movement in the struggle for the Soviet power, for gaining outstanding results in the economical and cultural work” (sic). Odd, though, why they keep it: Eestalgia?...
Kerese P.
(Paul Keres, 1916-1975)
Estonian Chess-Master, for some, the “Paganini of chess”, for Spassky the “Pope of chess”, for others, a face on a 5-krooni note (for information on Estonian currency, see Krooni). Chess in Estonian is male, a word invented by Ado Grenzstein in the late 19th C. Street replacing and/or extending the SE section of Õie in 1976.
Kitzbergi A.
(August Kitzberg, 1855-1927)
Author and playwright. Romantic to realist writer of short stories and, by which he’s better known, plays such as Libahunt (Werewolf. Liba looks suspiciously like a modification of libe, meaning slippery, slick, unreliable, etc., with negative connotations: e.g. libedad sõnad translates to weasel words; and mysogynist cognates: lita, libu, lits, bitch, prostitute, slut, etc. Not surprisingly, werewolves in Estonian folklore tended to be women (while English werewolf is from old English wer [man, male person, from PIE *wi-ro-, man] + wulf, but see Viru tänav), and Kauka jumal (God/Lord of the Purse [but see Börsi]). Knowing Kitzberg to be a committed anti-drinker, playwright Oskar Luts (see Kevade) kept a bottle of whisky in a sculpture of his head. In 2005, the post office gave him a sesquicentennial first-day cover. Kitzberg lived at Posti 23, Viljandi, in 1893-1894, so they probably owed him one.
