Andrejs Pumpurs
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 122 years ago |
Date of birth | September 22,1841 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Birzgale Parish |
Latvia | |
Date of died | July 6,1902 |
Died | Riga |
Latvia | |
Spouse | Ede Goba |
Books | Lāčplēsis |
Parents | Lize Pumpurs |
Indrikis Pumpurs | |
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ID | 975149 |
Andrejs Pumpurs Life story
Andrejs Pumpurs was a poet who penned the Latvian epic Lāčplēsis and a prominent figure in the Young Latvia movement. Working in the land before volunteering to fight in Serbia against the Ottoman Empire in 1876, he became a loyal officer in the Russian army and also a staunch promoter of the Latvian culture.