Rainis
Poet
Latvian poet, playwright, and politician who is known for the classic plays Uguns un nakts in 1905 and Indulis un Ārija in 1911.
He studied law at the University of St. Petersburg and worked at the Vilnius regional courtrooms.
He was the editor-in-chief for Dienas Lapa from 1891 until 1895.
He was born to tenant farmer Krisjanis Plieksans and mother Darta Grikovska and grew up with two sisters.
He was a Latvian poet like Elza Plieksane.