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Reinis Kaudzīte

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Latvian schoolteacher and writer

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Reinis Kaudzīte
Born(1839-05-12)May 12, 1839
Vecpiebalga Parish,
Kreis Wenden,
Governorate of Livonia,
Russian Empire (now  Latvia)
DiedAugust 21, 1920(1920-08-21) (aged 81)
Vecpiebalga Parish, Latvia
Occupationwriter
NationalityLatvian

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

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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