Rainis
Poet, Songwriter
1865 – 1929
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Who was Rainis?
Rainis was the pseudonym of Jānis Pliekšāns, a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician. Rainis' works include the classic plays Uguns un nakts and Indulis un Ārija, 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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- Born
- Sep 11, 1865
Dunava parish - Also known as
- Janis Rainis
- Jānis Pliekšāns
- Rainis, Jānis
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Aspazija
(1897 - 1929/09/12)
- Aspazija
- Ethnicity
- Latvians
- Nationality
- Latvia
- Profession
- Education
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Riga State Gymnasium No.1
- Died
- Sep 12, 1929
Majori
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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