Jakob Liiv


Jakob Liiv was an Estonian writer and playwright.
His younger brother was the writer Juhan Liiv.
After 1897 he was a teacher at Triigi-Avispea School in Väike-Maarja Parish. Because he was a notable public figure, writers gathered around him. In 1913 he moved to Rakvere, where he worked as a bank clerk and at the same time as an editor for the local newspaper.
From 1919 to 1921 he was the mayor of Rakvere.
He was a member of the Estonian Labour Party.

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