Viivi Luik


Viivi Luik is an Estonian poet and prosaist.

Life

From 1965 to 1967 Viivi Luik studied at the Tallinn extramural secondary school, working at the same time as a librarian.
In 1970 Viivi Luik joined the Estonian Writers' Union.
In 1974 Viivi Luik married Jaak Jõerüüt, another Estonian writer and later diplomat. As the wife of a diplomat, she has spent several years abroad: in Helsinki, Berlin and Rome.

Works

Luik's first poem appeared in the local daily in 1962, and in 1964 she debuted in the prominent literary magazine Looming. Her first collection of poetry, Pilvede püha, was published in 1965.