Anna Brigadere
Anna Brigadere (October 1, 1861, in Tērvete – June 25, 1933, in Tērvete) was a writer, playwright and poet from Latvia.
Anna Brigadere
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- Born
- 1861. · Tērvete.
- Died
- 1933. · Tērvete.
- Nationality
- Latvia.
- Occupation
- writer, playwright and poet.
- Honours
- Order of the Three Stars and 3rd Class.
- Languages
- Latvian.
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Anna Brigadere (October 1, 1861, in Tērvete – June 25, 1933, in Tērvete) was a writer, playwright and poet from Latvia.
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Anna Brigadere (1861–1933) was a children's writer, playwright and poet, among other activities, of Latvian nationality. The children's writer was born and died in Tērvete.
Languages used include Latvian. Honours include Order of the Three Stars, 3rd Class.
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Biography
Her first story was published in 1896. In 1897, she turned her focus exclusively to literary work, and her first book Vecā Karlīne/Old Karlīna was published. Six years later, her first and most popular play Sprīdītis/The Tale of Sprīdītis was written for the Riga Latvian Theatre director Jēkabs Duburs, who staged the play in 1903. In 1985, the story was adapted for cinema, translated in several languages. World War I would lead her to emigrate to Moscow. In 1918, she returned to Riga and continued there her literary creation.
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She wrote comedy and drama, among which The Tale of Sprīdītis, a young boy from a Latvian peasant family and his fantastic adventures in a nearby forest. She also wrote four autobiographies, among which Dievs, daba, darbs (God, Nature, Work) about the life of a Latvian woman in the late 19th century.
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1861
Anna Brigadere born at Tērvete.
1933
Anna Brigadere died at Tērvete.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q435424: Anna Brigadere
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- “Anna Brigadere”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Two mothers of Latvian literature: Aspazija and Anna Brigadere, Journal of Baltic Studies, 2003
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2003
Awards and honors
The Anna Brigadere Prize was re-established in 1986 to celebrate achievements in Latvian literature. 1932, The Culture Fund Prize for In the Harsh Winds 1927, The Culture Fund Prize for Lolita's Magic Bird 1926, the Order of the Three Stars 3rd Class. 1913, Riga Latvian Society Award.
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Anna Brigadere un Tērvete / sastādījis Jānis Rapa. Rīgā: Preses Nams, 1996. (in Latvian)
- Zenta Mauriņa. Baltais ceļš : studija par Annu Brigaderi. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 1996. (in Latvian)
- Meškova, Sandra (2002). Two mothers of Latvian literature: Aspazija and Anna Brigadere. Journal of Baltic Studies 34.3, 276-297.
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