{"id":2138,"date":"2024-04-03T23:42:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/suburg\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:05:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:05:14","slug":"suburg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/s\/suburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Lilli Suburg"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tStories <\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\"Lilli<\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAbout Lilli Suburg <\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

Lilli Suburg (Caroline Suburg, 1. VIII \/ 20. VII 1841 \u2013 8. II 1923) was a prose writer, journalist and an educator, founder of Linda<\/em> \u2013 the culturally significant first women\u2019s magazine in Estonia.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tShe was born at R\u00f5usa manor, V\u00e4ndra parish, P\u00e4rnu county and studied in P\u00e4rnu at the Marie von Ditmar private school and P\u00e4rnu Town Girls\u2019 School. In Tartu, she took the elementary school private tutor exam in 1869. Carl Robert Jakobson played an important role in shaping her by introducing her to diverse literature and inspiring her patriotism. Encouraged by Jakobson, she was an editor of the newspaper Perno Postimees<\/em> from 1878-1879. In P\u00e4rnu, Suburg founded a girls\u2019 school in 1882, which placed an emphasis on national pride. In 1885, the school relocated to Viljandi. In 1887, Suburg founded the women\u2019s magazine Linda<\/em> in Viljandi, which began appearing as a weekly in 1891. The magazine had tips for housewives, articles on relationships for young women and pieces on the emancipation of women, in addition to translated fiction; original works were mostly written by Suburg herself. The life stories of Estonian writers and literary criticism were also published. From 1899, Suburg lived in Latvia with her stepdaughter, where she also ran a small private school during the turn of the century. In the last years of her life, she lived in Valga with her sisters, where she also passed away. She is buried at V\u00e4ndra cemetery.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSuburg may be considered Estonia\u2019s first women\u2019s rights activist. In literature, she became known for her first literary attempt, the short story Liina<\/em> (1877), which she wrote at the encouragement of Jakobson in 1873. As a partly autobiographical work, it depicts an Estonian girl\u2019s resistance to Germanisation. Suburg carried in her the ideals of the national movement, which made her popular. She encouraged women to educate themselves and be equal partners to men. Liina<\/em>, which has sentimental undertones and German-influenced language use, shows the author\u2019s attempts to portray her characters\u2019 psychology as well. The story was sharply opposed by the Baltic-German circles and has remained her main literary work.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe story Maarja ja Eeva ehk: Suguluse truudus ja armastus mehe vasta<\/em> (\u2018Maarja and Eeva or the Faithfulness of Kinship and Love for a Man\u2019, 1881) is also sentimental with idealized characters. The problems of educated women take center stage in the story Linda, rahva t\u00fctar<\/em> (\u2018Linda, Daughter of the Nation\u2019, 1900), which deals with the fight against alcoholism and women\u2019s rights.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSuburg published her stories and other writings on various social and pedagogical topics in magazines as well. She also wrote memoirs, most notable of which is Suburgide perekond<\/em> (\u2018The Suburg Family\u2019, published in the magazine Eesti Kirjandus<\/em>, 1923-1924), which also provides insight into the society of the time.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tA. K. (Translated by A. S.)<\/span><\/span><\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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

\n\tStories<\/em><\/strong>
Liina<\/strong>. \u00dche eesti t\u00fctarlapse elulugu, temast enesest jutustatud. Tartu: Schnakenburg, 1877, 102 lk. [J\u00e4rgmised tr\u00fckid: 1884, 1927, 2002.]
Linda, rahva t\u00fctar<\/strong>. Tartu: Postimees, 1900, 19 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 2002.]
Maarja ja Eeva ehk Suguluse truudus ja armastus mehe vasta<\/strong>. Tartu: Schnakenburg, 1881, 92 lk. [2. tr\u00fckk: 1927.]<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tCollected works<\/em><\/strong>
Kogutud kirjat\u00f6\u00f6d<\/strong>. Koostanud Aino Undla-P\u00f5ldm\u00e4e. Tallinn: 2002, 503 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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