Eduards Veidenbaums (3 October 1867 – 24 May 1892) was a

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Biography

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

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

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governorate gymnasium, Veidenbaums started to study law at the

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. During his studies in Tartu he spent some time in the house of the student corporation '' Lettonia'', although he did not become a member of the student corporation. Veidenbaums' interests included economics, farming and history and was one of the founders of the scientific literary society ''Pīpkalonija''. After five months of illness he died of tuberculosis on 24 May 1892 in Mūrmuiža parish and was buried in the village cemetery of Liepa.

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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Veidenbaums, Eduards 1867 births 1892 deaths People from Cēsis Municipality People from Cēsis county Latvian male poets 19th-century Latvian poets University of Tartu alumni 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in the Russian Empire Poets from the Russian Empire Tuberculosis deaths in Latvia