Reinis Kaudzīte

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Reinis Kaudzīte
Born(1839-05-12)May 12, 1839
Vecpiebalga Parish, Government of Livland, Russian Empire (now  Latvia)
Died(1920-08-21)August 21, 1920
Vecpiebalga Parish, Latvia
Occupationwriter
NationalityLatvian

Reinis Kaudzīte (Old orthography: Reinis Kaudsit; May 12, 1839 – August 21, 1920), was a Latvian schoolteacher and writer.[1] His novel Mērnieku laiki ("Time of the Surveyors") was the first novel written in Latvian, co-authored with his brother in 1879.[2]

Reinis Kaudzīte was born in "Mādari", Vecpiebalga Parish, in the heart of Vidzeme. He had not attended the school himself but became a teacher of geography and religion classes in Kalna Kaibēni parish school at the age of 28.

References[]

  1. ^ "Reinis and Matīss Kaudzītes" (PDF). apinis.lv. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  2. ^ Aldis Purs, Andrejs Plakans (2017). Historical Dictionary of Latvia. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-538-10221-3.
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