Gunārs Saliņš
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 14 years ago |
Date of birth | April 21,1924 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Dobele |
Latvia | |
Date of died | June 29,2010 |
Died | Glen Ridge |
New Jersey | |
United States | |
Spouse | Jautrīte Saliņa |
Children | Laila Saliņa |
Lalita Saliņa | |
Laris Saliņš | |
Job | Poet |
Education | Rutgers University |
Upsala College | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1620947 |
Gunārs Saliņš Life story
Gunars Saliņš was a modernist poet within the Latvian lyric poetry tradition. He became a leading voice of the "Hell's Kitchen artists" - a Latvian emigre artist community in the U.S. which flourished in the 1950s and 60s, named after the neighborhood in New York where it originated.