Personal Life
Jaan Kaplinski's mother was Estonian and his father Polish. His father Jerzy Kaplinski (lecturer in the Tartu University) was arrested by the NKVD and perished in a Soviet labour camp during the war. Jaan Kaplinski has a daughter Maarja from the marriage to his first wife Küllike. He has four sons, including Lauris Kaplinski and the composer Märt-Matis Lill. Jaan's second wife Tiia Toomet is also a writer.
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