Ardi Liives (until 1939 Liinev; 31 August 1929 in

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– 9 December 1992 in Tallinn) was an

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writer and playwright. Liives was the son of composer and violinist Eero Liives. He graduated from the

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's Faculty of Law. From 1953 until 1962, he worked in the editorial office of the newspaper ''

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''. After 1962 he was a professional writer. Since 1958 he was a member of

Estonian Writers' Union The Estonian Writers' Union (, abbr. EWU is a professional association of Estonian writers and literary critics.Marje Jõeste, Küllo Arjakas, ''The Baltic States'', Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers, 1991, page 64 History The Estonian Writer ...

Works

* novel "Retro". Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1981, 240 pp * novel "Vastuarmastus". Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1982, 190 pp * novel "Vastuarmastus. 2". Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1986, 229 pp * novel "Passioon". Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1986, 253 pp * novel "Aken vastu päikest". Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1988, 239 pp

References

1929 births 1992 deaths 20th-century Estonian writers Estonian male novelists Estonian editors Estonian male short story writers Estonian dramatists and playwrights University of Tartu alumni Writers from Tallinn {{Estonia-writer-stub