Latvian Translators

Chapters: Rainis, Mirdza empe, Knuts Skujenieks, Zenta Mauri a. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Rainis was the pseudonym of Jnis Pliekns (September 11 1865 d. September 12, 1929) was a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician. Rainis' works include the classic plays Uguns un nakts (Fire and Night, 1905) and Indulis un rija (Indulis and rija, 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. Rainis was born at Varslavni, near Jkabpils. Rainis at age of 15.His father, Krijnis Pliekns (ca. 18281891), was a tenant farmer. His mother was Drta, nee Grikovska (ca. 18281899), and he had two sisters, Lze (18541897) and Dora (18701950). During his education at the Riga City Gymnasium he met and befriended Pteris Stuka, Dora Pliekne's future husband, who later become a prominent Latvian communist. Rainis studied law at the University of St. Petersburg, where he shared a room with Pteris Stuka. While still a student, Rainis was already collecting folk songs, writing satirical and lyric poetry, and translating literature. Together with Stuka he edited a collection of epigrams and satire, Mazie dunduri (The Small Gadflies) and published Apdziedanas dziesmas (Mocking Songs) about the third All-Latvian Song Festival. After completing his studies, he worked at the Vilnius regional courtrooms and with Andrejs Strsts in Jelgava. Rainis wrote for Dienas Lapa (The Daily Sheet), Tvija (Fatherland) and the Latvian Conversational Dictionary. From 1891 to 1895 Rainis was editor in chief of Dienas Lapa. The Dienas Lapa scene was mostly a group of young Latvian liberal and socialist intellec...http: //booksllc.net/?id=658551