Log In

Iokhanncs Yakovich BARBARUS Edit Profile

Estonian poet and government official

Iokhanncs BARBARUS, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Estonian poet and government official Real name: VARES. Honorary Writer of Est Soviet Socialist Republic from 1945. Communist Party member from 1940.

Background

BARBARUS, Iokhanncs was born on January 12, 1890. Son of a peasant.

Education

1914 graduate Medical Faculty, Kiev University.

Career

From 1914 army physician. 1918 first work published. 1920-1939 physician in Pärnu.

1928-1935 toured Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, France, Spain, Hungary, Greece and Albania, organizing aid for republican Spain. 1940 Prime Minister of Established Later Presidium chairman, Est Supreme Soviet.

His early writings revealed strong symbolist influence.

Membership

Communist Party member from 1940.