Janika Kronberg

Janika Kronberg (1963) is an Estonian literary scholar and critic. From 1989 to 1996, he was director of the Karl Ristikivi Museum and he remains chairman of the Karl Ristikivi Society. Ristikivi is also one of Kronberg’s main research subjects: in 2016, he published a book of articles Hästi valitud sõbrad. Artikleid Karl Ristikivist ja tema kirjanduslikust ümbrusest. Kronberg’s best-known work is the 2013 book Rännud kuue teejuhiga, an interesting mix of travelogue and literary history. In addition to Ristikivi, Kronberg traces the steps of Karl Ast-Rumor, Friedebert Tuglas, Eduard Vilde, Henrik Visnapuu and Ivar Grünthal. The book won the Bernard Kangro literary award. Kronberg was head of the Estonian Literary Museum in 2005-2015 and a year later he became editor-in-chief of the literary magazine Looming.