Lilli Suburg
Lilli Suburg (born 20 actually Caroline Suburg jul. / 1. August 1841 greg. In Rousa today Landsgemeinde Vändra , † 8. February 1923 in Valga ) was an Estonian writer.
life and work
Lilli Suburg attended the German-speaking girls' secondary school in Pärnu until 1859 . In 1869 she passed her exams as a primary school teacher and private tutor in Tartu . Soon Lilli Suburg was drawn to journalism. In 1878/79 she was editor of the newspaper Perno Postimees . From 1887 to 1895 she worked as a (responsible) editor at the first Estonian women's magazine Linda in Viljandi , of which she was co-founder. In 1882 she founded a girls' school in Pärnu, which moved to Viljandi in 1885. It was directed from 1893 to 1898 by her adoptive daughter Anna Wiegandt.
Lilli Suburg's encounter with Carl Robert Jakobson , the most important representative of the Estonian national consciousness of the time, was formative. Jakobson had lived in Vändra since 1872 and often invited Suburg to national conversation evenings. At his suggestion, Lilli Suburg published the story Liina in 1877 , which opposed the dominant position of the German in the educational circles of Estonia and Livonia . This was followed in 1882 by the stories Maarja ja Eeva ehk: Suguluse truudus ja armastus mehe vastu and in 1900 Linda, rahva tütar . With her literary work, Lilli Suburg became one of the best-known representatives of the women's movement and the national awakening in Estonia. She also wrote numerous articles in various newspapers and magazines. In 1899 Suburg moved to live with her adopted daughter and her husband in Omuļi ( Estonian Hoomuli) in the Latvian part of Livonia. Until 1906 she ran a private school for Estonian girls there. Her memoirs appeared in 1923/24 under the title Suburgide perekond .
literature
- Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. Berlin, New York 2006, ISBN 3-11-018025-1 , pp. 286-290.
Web links
- CV (English)
- Short biography (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 492
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Suburg, Lilli |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Suburg, Caroline (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rõusa, today the rural municipality of Vändra |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1923 |
| Place of death | Valga |