Jakob Tamm
Jakob Tamm (born April 25 . Jul / May 7, 1861 greg. In the municipality Vastse-Nõo , † July 13 jul. / July 26, 1907 greg. In Väike-Maarja ) was an Estonian poet .
life and work
Jakob Tamm attended schools in Koopsi and Kirepi and the Orthodox church school in Tilga in Tartu County . He studied from 1878 to 1881 at the teachers' college in Tartu, Livonia . Mainly through the influence of Mihkel Veske he came into contact with the national Estonian movement. From 1883, Tamm worked as a school teacher in Adavere and Pilistvere . From 1890 to 1893 he taught in Põltsamaa . Then he was head of the parish school in Väike-Maarja until his early death . He is also buried in Väike-Maarja, in whose cemetery a bust by the Estonian sculptor Jaan Kort commemorates him.
Jakob Tamm was best known to the Estonian public as a poet. He published numerous ballads and epic poems . He also translated from German ( Heine ) and Russian (including Pushkin , Krylow ).
Poetry collections
- Ärganud hääled (two volumes, 1892)
- Jakob Tamme lugulaulud (posthumous, 1914)
- Kogutud luuletused (posthumous, 1959)
literature
- Richard Alekõrs: Jakob Tamm. Ühe inimese elu ja töö lugu. Tallinn 1978.
- Cornelius Hasselblatt: History of Estonian Literature. Berlin / New York 2006, ISBN 3-11-018025-1 , pp. 304f.
Web links
- Life, pictures, texts (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 511.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tamm, Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian lyric poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vastse-Nõo municipality |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1907 |
| Place of death | Väike-Maarja |