{"id":1284,"date":"2024-04-03T23:41:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/jakobliiv\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:07:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:07:40","slug":"jakobliiv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/l\/jakobliiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Jakob Liiv"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPoems<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\"Jakob<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPlays<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAbout Jakob Liiv<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jakob Liiv (28. II 1859 \u2013 17. I 1938), the elder brother of the renowned Estonian poet Juhan Liiv, was a poet, playwright and prose writer. He was born in Alatskivi parish in Tartu county, studied at Naelavere village school and Kodavere district school, and passed the elementary school teaching exam at the Hollmann College in Tartu in 1897. He then worked for a lengthy period as a teacher, mostly at Triigi-Avispea school in V\u00e4ike-Maarja parish in L\u00e4\u00e4ne-Virumaa county. There he emerged as an eminent public figure who gathered around him writers who were living long- or short-term in the area (known as the \u201cParnassus of V\u00e4ike-Maarja\u201d). In 1901 he gave up his school work and ran a book shop in the small town of V\u00e4ike-Maarja. In 1913 he moved to the town of Rakvere where he worked as a bank clerk for several years and edited a local newspaper for some time. As a member of the Estonian Labour Party, founded in 1917, he was the mayor of Rakvere from 1919\u20131921. Afterwards he worked as a primary school teacher in Rakvere until his retirement and participated actively in Rakvere cultural life, being one of the initiators of the creation and construction of Rakvere Theatre. He died in Rakvere in 1938. <\/span><\/span>
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Jakob Liiv became interested in reading and writing poetry thanks to the book-loving and at the same time Estonian national spirit nurtured by the teachers at Kodavere school. In the early 1880s his poems started to appear in the press, and in 1886 he published his first poetry collection Viru kannel<\/em> (\u2018Viru lyre\u2019) which was followed by three more collections of lyrics at the end of the century and a couple of longer epic poems (\u201clugulaulud<\/em>\u201d or \u201cstorysongs\u201d) in separate volumes. The best known of these is K\u00f5rbel\u00f5vi<\/em> (\u2018Desert Lion\u2019, 1898), which is based on Arabic subject matter and is an allegorical depiction of the fight between the two opposing factions of the national movement and their leaders. A large part of his poetry of this period is collected in the publication Jakob Liivi kirjat\u00f6\u00f6d I\u2013II<\/em> (\u2018Jakob Liiv\u2019s Writings I\u2013II\u2019, 1909\u20131910), which was supplemented by the selection L\u00fc\u00fcrilised laulud<\/em> (\u2018Lyrical Songs\u2019, 1929). Liiv published the poems written in his old age in the collection P\u00e4ikese veerul<\/em> (\u2018On the Sun\u2019s slope\u2019, 1933). An example of his later work is the poem Revolutsioon<\/em> (\u2018Revolution\u2019, I: 1927, II: 1937), which is based on Bible motifs. <\/span>
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In keeping with post-Romanticism, the subject matter of Liiv\u2019s early poems is predominantly home, nature and love; the tone is mostly one of longing and melancholy. The poetry of his more mature years reflects more of his contemporary reality, primarily problems related to the russification policies of the tsarist government. The author\u2019s individual writing style inclines towards the rational epic and frequent use of allegory. A contemplative, common sensical view is also evident in his later nature poetry. More emotional are the images from his childhood landscapes by the shores of Lake Peipus. Liiv\u2019s poetic use of language tends to be flowing and formally elaborate; he became one of the most important practitioners of the sonnet in early Estonian poetry. \u00a0<\/span>
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Liiv was a prolific playwright: if we include his plays for children and texts in manuscript form, his dramatic works come to twenty titles. His debut play, T\u00fchjale maale<\/em> (\u2018To the Empty Land\u2019), which deals with the emigration of farmers from Estonia, was completed at the end of the 1880s. This and other important plays such as the historical drama in verse Ordumeister<\/em> (\u2018The Master of the Order\u2019) and the satirical village comedy Kolmat aega vallavanem<\/em> (\u2018Third-Term Parish Elder\u2019) were published much later because of censorship, which diminished their novelty value and restricted their staging opportunities. Liiv also wrote short prose pieces on topical subject matter but of modest achievement which were compiled into a three-volume collection Vihud<\/em> (\u2018Notebooks\u2019, 1901\u20131908). Of greater significance is his later autobiographical prose: the collection of short stories, M\u00e4lestusi l\u00fchijuttudes<\/em> (\u2018Memories in Short Stories\u2019, 1938) and above all the autobiography, Elu ja m\u00e4lestusi<\/em> (\u2018Life and Memories\u2019, 1936; reprint 2008). <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

E. S. (Translated by M. M.-K.)<\/em><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

Books in Estonian<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPoems<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
Wiru-Kannel. I. jagu<\/strong>. Luuletanud Jakob Liiw. Tallinn: M. Leppik, 1886, 54 lk.
Wiru-Kannel. II. anne<\/strong>. Jakob Liiw\u2019i laulud. Rakvere: N. Erna, 1891. 102 lk.
Leina-lilled<\/strong>. Kimbuks k\u00f6itnud Jakob Liiw. Jurjev: 1894, 15 lk.
K\u00f5rbel\u00f5wi<\/strong>. Luuletanud Jakob Liiw. Jurjev: Postimees, 1898, 62 lk.
Wiru-Kandle III. anne<\/strong>. Jakob Liiw\u2019i Laulud. Tallinn: Uus Aeg, 1900, 83 lk.
P\u00fcha kuju<\/strong>. Jakob Liiwi lugulaul. Tallinn: G. Pihlakas, 1900, 32 lk.
Waimude org<\/strong>. Jakob Liiwi luulelugu. Tallinn: 1906, 15 lk.
Jakob Liiw\u2019i kirjat\u00f6\u00f6d. I. anne, Laulud<\/strong>. Tallinn: 1906, 250 lk.
Jakob Liiw\u2019i kirjat\u00f6\u00f6d. II. anne, Lugulaulud<\/strong>. Tallinn: 1910, 296 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tallinn: 1918.]
Revolutsioon<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1927, 63 lk.
L\u00fc\u00fcrilised laulud<\/strong>. Tartu: Eesti Kirjanduse Selts, 1929, 367 lk.
P\u00e4ikese veerul<\/strong>. Rakvere: J. Liiv, 1933, 80 lk.
Revolutsioon. II<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1937, 108 lk.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPlays<\/em><\/strong>
\u00d5nne otsijad<\/strong>. Wiie j\u00e4rguline n\u00e4item\u00e4ng. Rakvere: N. Erna, 1901, 64 lk.
Musti lell ehk Isand Kibe kimbatus<\/strong>. Naljam\u00e4ng kahes waatuses. Rakvere: N. Erna, 1901, 48 lk.
Kolmat aega wallawanem<\/strong>. Wiiej\u00e4rguline n\u00e4item\u00e4ng. Jurjev 1904. 64 lk. [2., muudetud tr\u00fckk: Kolmat aega wallavanem: Rahwat\u00fckk kolmes waatuses. Viljandi: H. Leoke, 1914, 74 lk.]
Halastaja \u00f5de<\/strong>. Neljaj\u00e4rguline n\u00e4item\u00e4ng. Jurjev: 1904, 80 lk.
Ordumeister<\/strong>. Jakob Liiwi wiiej\u00e4rguline kurbm\u00e4ng. Jurjev: J. Liiv, 1905, 123 lk.
Pahased naabrid<\/strong>. Jakob Liiw\u2019i kolmej\u00e4rguline n\u00e4item\u00e4ng Johan Liiwi sellesama nimelise jutukese ainetel. V\u00e4ike-Maarja: J. Liiv, 1906, 40 lk.
T\u00fchjale maale<\/strong>. Jakob Liiw\u2019i wiiej\u00e4rguline n\u00e4item\u00e4ng. Tartu: Hermann, 1910, 87 lk.
Pilved<\/strong>. L\u00f5bum\u00e4ng kolmes waatuses. Viljandi: H. Leoke, 1912, 67 lk.
Ware<\/strong>. Neljawaatusline kurbm\u00e4ng. Viljandi: H. Leoke, 1913, 79 lk.
Obligatsioon<\/strong>. Draama 3 j\u00e4rgus. Tallinn: 1921, 95 lk.
Marjulised<\/strong>. \u00dchej\u00e4rguline laste n\u00e4idend. Tallinn: Kool, 1922, 32 lk.
Ust, \u00f5ue!<\/strong>. Kolmewaatuseline n\u00e4idend lastele. Tallinn: Kool, 1922, 71 lk.
Kullaketrajad<\/strong>. Kahej\u00e4rguline lasten\u00e4idend. Tallinn: T. Mutsu, 1924, 49 lk.
Omad vitsad<\/strong>. Tartu: S\u00f5navara, 1925, 48 lk.
\u00dclemiste haldjas<\/strong>. Dramaatiline luulelugu vabaduse s\u00f5jap\u00e4evilt. Rakvere: 1931, 60 lk.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tShort stories<\/em><\/strong>
Musti lell<\/strong>. Jakob Liiw\u2019i jutustus. Rakvere: N. Erna, 1899, 58 lk.
Puujala Mats<\/strong>. Jakob Liiw\u2019i jutustus. Rakvere: N. Erna, 1899, 77 lk.
Wihud, I. parmas<\/strong>. Kodumaa nurmedelt p\u00f5iminud Jakob Liiw. Rakvere: N. Erna, 1901, 140 lk.
Wihud, II. parmas<\/strong>. Rakvere: N. Erna, 1903, 132 lk.
Wihud, III. parmas<\/strong>. Tallinn: G. Pihlakas, 1908, 230 lk.
M\u00e4lestusi l\u00fchijuttudes<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1938, 218 lk.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNon-fiction<\/em>
Elu ja m\u00e4lestusi<\/strong>. Tartu: Noor-Eesti, 1936, 262 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2016 (saates\u00f5na Hando Runnel).]<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSelected works<\/em><\/strong>
Valitud teosed<\/strong>. Koostanud [ja eess\u00f5na] Oskar Kuningas. <\/span>Tallinn<\/span>: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, 1960,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>407 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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