18 November] 1883 in Võnnu, Tartu County, Livonia – 23 May 1956 in Stockholm, Sweden) is considered one of the greatest Estonian poets.

Suits so enjoyed this bustling university town and its intellectual centers that he became determined to become a part of its literary society.

In the same year, he founded the literary society Kirjanduse Sõbrad (Friends of Literature), a group that included A. H. Tammsaare, who was to become Estonia's greatest novelist.

Between 1905 and 1916, Suits was closely connected to the Estonian literary movement group known as Noor-Eesti (Young Estonia).

Until he left the post in 1944, he published a multitude of research essays focusing on Estonian literature.

He and his family lived in Stockholm, Sweden, where Suits wrote most of his poetry and many of his research papers.