Eduards Veidenbaums

Eduards Veidenbaums
Born (1867-10-03)3 October 1867
Priekuļi parish, Russian Empire (now Lavia)
Died 24 May 1892(1892-05-24) (aged 24)
Mūrmuiža parish, Russian Empire (now Latvia)
Occupation Poet and translator

Eduards Veidenbaums (Glāznieki, Priekuļi parish, 3 October 1867 Kalāči, Mūrmuiža parish, 24 May 1892) was a Latvian poet and translator. Most of his poetry was published posthumously.

Biography

Eduards Veidenbaums was born at the Glāznieki farmstead in the Priekuļi parish (now territory of Cēsis). In 1872 his family moved to Kālāči in the Mūrmuiža parish. In 1887 after finishing Riga governorate gymnasium, Veidenbaums started to study law at the University of Tartu.

In May 1892 he died of tuberculosis after five months illness.

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