Kōrli Stalte, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kōrli Stalte

Livonian activist

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1870

Place of Birth: Livonia Governorate

Date of Death: 13-Jan-1947

Profession: writer, teacher, poet, translator, public figure, organist

Nationality: Germany, Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Korli Stalte (Latvian: Karlis Stalte) (born 1870, Mazirbe – died 12 January 1947 in Germany) was a prolific Livonian cultural activist.
Stalte worked as a teacher in Dundaga and Mazirbe, and as a Livonian language teacher in Lielirbe; and as a cantor and organist in Mazirbe.
His wife was Baltic German and he moved to Germany with her when Hitler ordered the resettlement of all Baltic Germans in 1939.
Korli Stalte died in 1947. He wrote many poems in the Livonian language (Livõd Lolõd for example) and wrote the lyrics of the Livonian national anthem, Min izamo.
His works also include a translation of the New Testament (Už testament) and participating in the creation of the biggest Livonian language dictionary yet, Livisches Worterbuch mit Grammatischer Einleitung.
Korli Stalte's daughter Margareta Stalte composed several songs using Korli's poems as lyrics.