Rainis

(1865-1929)

Latvian writer

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Rainis was the pseudonym of Jānis Pliekšāns (September 11, 1865 – September 12, 1929), a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician. Rainis' works include the classic plays Uguns un nakts (Fire and Night, 1905) and Indulis un Ārija (Indulis and Ārija, 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.

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Born	11 September 1865 "Varslavāni" farm, Dunava parish, Courland Governorate Russian empire (Now )
Died	12 September 1929 (aged 64) Majori, Latvia
Zodiac	Virgo
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