Viivi Luik
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About
Estonian poet and children's author who rose to literary prominence during the last quarter of the twentieth century. Her literary works include Haal (poems) and Leopold (children's fiction).
Before Fame
Her first poem appeared in her local newspaper in 1962; two years later, she published a piece in Looming, a major literary journal.
Trivia
Her first collection of poems, Holiday of Clouds, was published in 1965.
Family Life
She married fellow Estonian writer Jaak Joeruut in 1974.
Associated With
She and British writer Marina Warner were born in the same year.
