Reinis Kaudzīte
Reinis Kaudzīte (born May 12, 1839 in Vecpiebalga , Livonia Governorate ; † August 21, 1920 ibid) was a Latvian teacher and writer.
Life
From 1867 he was a teacher at the local community school. In various writings he opposed the cultural dominance of the Baltic German pastors. Under the influence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau , he published about 900 aphorisms . He also wrote several school books and, together with his brother Matīss Mērnieku laiki , the first realistic novel in Latvian .
Reinis Kaudzīte has been elected community leader several times. From 1904 he lived in different places and in 1913 moved with Karlīna Damrozi to Neubad . In 1920 he lived again with Matīss Kaudzīte, where he died.
The Kaudzīte brothers' home was converted into a museum in 1929, the first of its kind in Latvia. The novel "Mērnieku laiki" was published in 1883, partly in German translation (full new edition in 2012).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaudzīte, Reinis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Latvian teacher and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vecpiebalga , Livonia Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1920 |
| Place of death | Vecpiebalga , Livonia Governorate |