Jānis Medenis
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Jānis Medenis | |
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Born | Prauliena parish, Governorate of Livonia (now Latvia) | May 31, 1903
Died | , Latvian SSR (now Latvia) | May 10, 1961
Occupation | Poet, writer |
Nationality | Latvian |
Genre | Poetry |
Jānis Medenis (May 31, 1903 – May 10, 1961) was a Latvian poet and writer. In 1948, he was convicted of anti-Soviet activities, and imprisoned in the Norillag camp, later in Irkutsk Oblast until 1955.
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- 1903 births
- 1961 deaths
- People from Madona Municipality
- People from the Governorate of Livonia
- Latvian poets
- Latvian writers
- 20th-century poets
- Gulag detainees
- Latvian writer stubs