About Heino Liiv
Lived 1930 – 2021 (aged 90). Heino Liiv was an Estonian linguist, philologist and university teacher.
Heino Liiv (September 7, 1930 – March 23, 2021) was an Estonian linguist and philologist specializing in English.
Early life and education Liiv was born in Kiuma, Estonia in 1930. In 1949, during the March deportation, he was deported to Siberia as a student at Võru High School No. 1. In exile, he received his higher education at Irkutsk State Linguistic University. From 1978 to 1992, he was an associate professor and head of the Department of English Philology at the University of Tartu as the successor to Oleg Mutt,
Awards 1996–1997 University of Tartu medal
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Estonian linguist and translator (1930–2021)
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Heino Liiv died on 23 March 2021.
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