Reinis Kaudzīte, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Reinis Kaudzīte

Latvian writer

Date of Birth: 12-May-1839

Place of Birth: Vecpiebalga, Vecpiebalga Municipality, Latvia

Date of Death: 21-Aug-1920

Profession: writer

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Reinis Kaudzite (Old orthography: Reinis Kaudsit; May 12, 1839 – August 21, 1920), was a Latvian schoolteacher and writer.
His novel Mernieku laiki ("Time of the Surveyors") was the first novel written in Latvian language, co-authored with his brother Matiss Kaudzite in 1879.Reinis Kaudzite was born in "Madari", Vecpiebalga Parish, in the heart of Vidzeme.
He had not attended the school himself but became a teacher of geography and religion classes in Kalna Kaibeni parish school at the age of 28.