Anna Sakse

Sakse next worked at translation and proofreading for various publications. She married Edgars Abzalons. In 1934, she joined the Communist Party, then illegal. At the start of World War II, she left for Russia. During this time, she was editor of the Latvian communist journal Cīņa. She returned to Latvia in 1944 at the same time as the Soviet army entered the country. In 1965, she was awarded the title People's Writer of the Latvian SSR. Her works have been translated in several eastern European and Asian languages. The first publication was the poem "The Dream of God" in the newspaper Tukums News in 1925. During the Latvian SSR, she propagated communist ideology, glorified collectivization (novel "Against Mountain"), criticized pre-war universities and literary classics (novel "Sparks at night"), condemned Nazism in journalism. Next to ideological work she also wrote in humorous satirical compositions (collection «Thrown Zars»). In the final phase of her work, she focused on literary fairy tales (in the collection "Blacksmith Kaspars", "Fairy Tales of Flowers"), adding the literary fairy tale traditions with new features and images. Several works have been translated into Russian, German, Estonian, Uzbek.

The recorded working language is Latvian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are fairy tale. Positions recorded include deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, 3rd degree, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Order of the Red Star.

• Name — Anna Sakse • Born — 16 January 1905 • Birthplace — Lejasciema parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire • Died — 2 March 1981 • Place of death — Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — Writer

• Dzirksteles naktī (Sparks in the Night), novel (2 volumes) (1951-1957) • Pasakas par ziediem (Tales about flowers), fairy tales (1966)

Her work is associated with socialist realism. Recorded position is deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. She belonged to USSR Union of Writers.