Rainis
1865
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1929
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
movement: New Current
country of citizenship: Russian Empire, Latvia
native language: Latvian
educated at: Riga State Gymnasium No.1, Imperial St. Petersburg University, Saint Petersburg State University
occupation: poet, playwright, politician, writer, translator, journalist
award received: Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class
position held: deputy of Saeima
Jānis Pliekšāns (11 September 1865 – 12 September 1929), known by his pseudonym Rainis, was a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician. Rainis' works include the classic plays Uguns un nakts (Fire and Night, 1905) and Indulis un Ārija (Indulis and Ārija, 1911), and a highly regarded translation of Goethe's Faust. His works had a profound influence on the literary Latvian language, and the ethnic symbolism he employed in his major works has been central to Latvian nationalism. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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