Reinis Kaudzīte
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 Matīss Kaudzīte in 1879.[2]
Reinis Kaudzīte | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 12, 1839 Vecpiebalga Parish, Kreis Wenden, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (now  Latvia) |
| Died | August 21, 1920 Vecpiebalga Parish, Latvia |
| Occupation | writer |
| Nationality | Latvian |
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
- "Reinis and Matīss Kaudzītes" (PDF). apinis.lv. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
- Aldis Purs, Andrejs Plakans (2017). Historical Dictionary of Latvia. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-538-10221-3.
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