Jakob Liiv (28 February 1859

Alatskivi Parish Alatskivi Parish was a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia. Settlements International relations Twin towns — Sister cities Alatskivi Parish was twinned with: * Kävlinge Municipality, Sweden * Muurame Municipality, Finland See ...

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– 17 January 1938 Rakvere) was an

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n writer and playwright. His younger brother was writer

Juhan Liiv Juhan Liiv ( – ) is one of Estonia's most famous poets and prose writers. Childhood Juhan (birth names Johannes) Liiv, the son of Benjamin and Marianna Liiv (née Pärn), was born on 30 April 1864, in Alatskivi Parish (now Peipsiääre ...

. After 1897 he was a teacher at Triigi-Avispea School in

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. Because he was a notable public figure, around him writers were gathered (so-called Parnassus of

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). In 1913 he moved to Rakvere where he worked as a bank clerk and at the same time being an editor for local newspaper. From 1919 to 1921 he was the mayor of Rakvere. He was a member of

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Selected works

* 1886: poetry collection "Viru kannel" ('Viru lyre') * 1898: poetry collection "Kõrbelõvi" ('Desert Lion') * play "Kolmat aega vallavanem" ('Third-Term Parish Elder') * 1938: collection of short stories "Mälestusi lühijuttudes" ('Memories in Short Stories')

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Liiv, Jakob 1859 births 1938 deaths Estonian male poets Estonian dramatists and playwrights Estonian male short story writers 19th-century Estonian writers 20th-century Estonian writers Estonian schoolteachers Mayors of places in Estonia People from Peipsiääre Parish