Reinis Kaudzīte

Reinis Kaudzīte
Reinis Kaudzīte
Born	May 12, 1839; Vecpiebalga Parish, Government of Livland, Russian Empire (now Latvia)
Died	August 21, 1920; Vecpiebalga Parish, Latvia
Occupation	writer
Nationality	Latvian

Reinis Kaudzīte (Old orthography: Reinis Kaudsit; May 12, 1839 – August 21, 1920), was a Latvian schoolteacher and writer.[1] His novel Mērnieku laiki ("Time of the Surveyors") was the first novel written in Latvian language, co-authored with his brother Matīss Kaudzīte in 1879.[2]

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

"Reinis and Matīss Kaudzītes" (PDF). apinis.lv. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
Aldis Purs, Andrejs Plakans (2017). Historical Dictionary of Latvia. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-538-10221-3.

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[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.