Edvarts Virza, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edvarts Virza

Latvian writer, poet

Date of Birth: 27-Dec-1883

Place of Birth: Salgale Parish, Ozolnieki Municipality, Latvia

Date of Death: 01-Mar-1940

Profession: writer, poet, journalist

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Edvarts Virza (born as Jekabs Eduards Liekna; December 27, 1883, Salgale parish – March 1, 1940, Riga) was a Latvian writer, poet and translator.
In 1935 and 1936 he was a nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
His works were banned in Latvian SSR until 1985.