His poetry inspired later punk poets and many of his texts are used as lyrics by the Estonian alternative rock band Vennaskond.
[2] He was among the first to include modern urban themes in Estonian poetry, also giving a voice to prostitutes, including Soviet prostitutes.
[3] The creators of the award-winning computer RPG Disco Elysium, Robert Kurvitz and Aleksander Rostov hailed Siig as inspiration and the greatest Estonian poet when accepting the president's Young Cultural Figure award in 2020: "Without his modernism, Elysium - the world the game is placed in - would not be half of what it is.
"[4] Arvi Siig married a Russian cultural journalist Valentina Siig, who published her memories about him after his death.
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