Eduards Veidenbaums (Glāznieki,

Priekuļi parish Priekuļi Parish ( lv, Priekuļu pagasts) is an administrative unit of Cēsis Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Repu ...

, 3 October 1867 — Kalāči, Mūrmuiža parish, 24 May 1892) was a

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and

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Biography

Eduards Veidenbaums was born at the Glāznieki farmstead in the Priekuļi parish (now territory of

Cēsis Cēsis (), (german: Wenden, liv, Venden, et, Võnnu, pl, Kieś) is a town in Latvia located in the northern part of the Vidzeme Upland, Central Vidzeme Upland. Cēsis is on the Gauja, Gauja River valley, and is built on a series of ridges ...

). In 1872 his family moved to Kālāči in the Mūrmuiža parish. In 1887 after finishing

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governorate gymnasium, Veidenbaums started to study law at the

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. In May 1892 he died of

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after five months' illness.

Bibliography

Poetry *''Dzejas'' (1896) *''Dzejas'' (

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1900) Complete works *''Kopoti raksti''. 1—2. R.: LVI, (1961) *''Raksti'' (1926) *''Kopoti raksti''. 1—6 (1907–1909) Selections *''Dzejas''. R.: Nordik (2005) *''Domāju es domas dziļas...'' R.: Draugi N.I.M.S. (2000) *''Brīvības cēlajais gars''. R.: Liesma (1978) *''Izlase''. R.: LVI (1952) About the writer *''Līvija Volkova. Eduards Veidenbaums.'' R. (1979) *''A.Vilsons. Eduarda Veidenbauma dzīve.'' R. (1967) *''Rūdolfs Egle. Eduards Veidenbaums dzīvē un darbos.'' Cēsis/R. (1926)

References

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