Jānis Pliekšāns | |
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Died | 12 September 1929 | (aged 64)
Occupation(s) | Poet Playwright translator politician |
Spouse | Aspazija |
Awards | Order of the Three Stars, 1st class (1925) |
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.
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