Jüri Parijõgi (until 1935 Jüri Parinbak or Jüri Parinbach; 2 September 1892 – 9 July 1941) was an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n children's writer and teacher. He is regarded as the first Estonian writer who wrote almost only for children and young people. He took part in

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and in the

Estonian War of Independence The Estonian War of Independence, also known as the War of Freedom in Estonia, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most notably the United Kingdom, against the Soviet Russian westward offensive of 1918–1919 and the ...

. From 1929 to 1931 he studied in the Faculty of Philosophy at

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. He died on 9 July 1941 in Tartu Prison, being a victim of the mass murder by the

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Works

* 1926: story "Semendivabrik" ('Cement Works') * 1930: story "Jaksuküla poisid" ('The Jaksuküla Boys') * 1937: story "Teraspoiss" ('Steel Boy')

References

1892 births 1941 deaths Estonian children's writers Estonian male writers 20th-century Estonian writers 20th-century Estonian educators Estonian people executed by the Soviet Union Estonian people who died in prison custody Estonian military personnel of the Estonian War of Independence People from Viru-Nigula Parish {{Estonia-writer-stub