Ita Saks

Ita Saks (3 December 1921 – 23 March 2003) was an Estonian translator and journalist. She is mainly known for her Latvian-language translations into Estonian.

Saks was born into a Jewish family in Valga. From 1950 until 1956, she studied Estonian philology at Tartu State University.

In 1980 she signed the letter of 40 intellectuals.

Personal life
Saks married the writer Juhan Smuul in 1945. The couple divorced in 1951. Afterward, she was in a relationship with the writer Aadu Hint, with whom she had a daughter, the translator Mare Zaneva.

Awards

 * 1986: Andrejs Upīts Award
 * 1997: Order of the Three Stars
 * 2001: Order of the White Star, Fifth Class.