Rūdolfs Blaumanis

Rūdolfs Blaumanis
Born(1863-01-01)1 January 1863
Doģiki, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
(Now Madona Municipality, Latvia)
Died4 September 1908(1908-09-04) (aged 45)
Punkaharju, Russian empire
(Now Finland)
OccupationPoet, Playwright, translator, journalist, teacher
LanguageLatvian, German
Literary movementRealism
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Kārlis Rūdolfs Leonīds Blaumanis (1 January 1863 – 4 September 1908) was a Latvian writer, journalist and playwright. He is a renowned writer in Latvian history and a master of realism. The building of a flat in Riga that he once lived in has been converted to a memorial museum named partially in his honor, the Janis Rozentāls and Rūdolfs Blaumanis museum.