
Jakob Liiv (28 February 1859
Alatskivi Parish,
Tartu County – 17 January 1938
Rakvere
Rakvere is a town in northern Estonia and the administrative centre of the Lääne-Viru ''maakond'' (county), 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. Rakvere is the 8th most populous urban area in Estonia. Rakvere has a tota ...
) was an
Estonian writer and playwright.
His younger brother was writer
Juhan Liiv.
After 1897 he was a teacher at Triigi-Avispea School in
Väike-Maarja Parish. Because he was a notable public figure, around him writers were gathered (so-called Parnassus of
Väike-Maarja). 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
Rakvere is a town in northern Estonia and the administrative centre of the Lääne-Viru ''maakond'' (county), 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. Rakvere is the 8th most populous urban area in Estonia. Rakvere has a tota ...
.
He was a member of
Estonian Labour Party.
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
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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