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    Andrejs Pumpurs (22 September [O.S. 10 September] 1841 on the left bank of the Daugava, in Lieljumprava civil parish, now Birzgale Parish – 6 July [O...
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  • Andrejs is a Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the name Andrew and may refer to: Andrejs Apsītis (1888–1945), Latvian cyclist and Olympic...
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    Lāčplēsis ("The Bear-Slayer") is an epic poem by Andrejs Pumpurs, a Latvian poet, who wrote it between 1872 and 1887 based on local legends. It is set...
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    Canigó by Jacint Verdaguer (1886) Lāčplēsis ('The Bear-Slayer') by Andrejs Pumpurs (1888; Latvian Mythology) Tabaré by Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (1888;...
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  • Roman deities. An example of the trend is the epic poem Lāčplēsis by Andrejs Pumpurs, which features a pantheon of Latvian and Prussian gods and some the...
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    the construction of the Pļaviņas Hydroelectric Power Station dam. In Andrejs Pumpurs' epic poem Lāčplēsis, Staburadze was the name of a goddess living in...
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  • actor, director Jānis Pujāts (born 1930) – Roman Catholic cardinal Andrejs Pumpurs (1841–1901) – poet; author of Latvian national epic Lāčplēsis Rainis...
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    Gabriele D'Annunzio  Jersey Wace  Kosovo Ali Podrimja  Latvia Rainis, Andrejs Pumpurs  Lithuania Kristijonas Donelaitis, Maironis, Justinas Marcinkevičius...
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    as the area that inspired the prominent Latvian poets Auseklis and Andrejs Pumpurs, author of the epic Lāčplēsis (The Bear Slayer, 1888), and for the...
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  • Alexander Potebnja, Ukrainian linguist and philosopher (d. 1891) 1841 – Andrejs Pumpurs, Latvian soldier and poet (d. 1902) 1862 – Anastasios Charalambis,...
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    bless the Baltics!”. In 1888, the national epic Lāčplēsis, written by Andrejs Pumpurs, was first published. The First Awakening was a cultural movement mostly...
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    Roman deities. An example of the trend is the epic poem Lāčplēsis by Andrejs Pumpurs, which features a pantheon of Latvian and Prussian gods and some the...
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  • Laimdota may refer to: The maiden Laimdota in the epic poem Lāčplēsis, by Andrejs Pumpurs The character Laimdota in the rock opera Lāčplēsis, by Māra Zālīte...
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  • Hopkins 1888 in poetry Birth of T. S. Eliot 1887 in poetry Lāčplēsis by Andrejs Pumpurs; Birth of Marianne Moore, Joseph Plunkett, Edith Sitwell DBE 1886 in...
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  • bobsledder (July 3, 2014) Elvīra Ozoliņa - athlete (June 19, 1996) Andrejs Pumpurs - poet (January 4, 1936) Jānis Rainis - poet, playwright, translator...
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  • Great Cemetery Gravestone of A. and R. Hartvigs In Matisa Cemetery Andrejs Pumpurs gravestone 1929 Kārlis Zāle In Lielie Cemetery Monument to Jānis Čakste...
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  • poetry. The national epic, Lāčplēsis, published in 1888 was written by Andrejs Pumpurs. In the beginning of the 20th century, mainly through the many German...
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  • Henley – A Book of Verses, including first publication of "Invictus" Andrejs Pumpurs – Lāčplēsis (The Bear-Slayer) Joseph Bertrand – Calcul des probabilités...
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  • Guglielmi and Édith Piaf Lāčplēsis Latvian Bear-slayer epic poem by Andrejs Pumpurs Lacrimosa Latin "weeping" or "tearful" part of Dies Irae Lahuta e Malcís...
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  • Young Latvian Andrejs Pumpurs later penned the national epic Lāčplēsis, "The Bear Slayer." Defining the movement in retrospect in 1889, Pumpurs wrote: "Those...
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    Barons, Latvian folklorist Jānis Fridrihs Baumanis, Latvian architect Andrejs Pumpurs, Latvian poet and writer. Johann Daniel Felsko, architect. Jāzeps Grosvalds...
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    district museum has been established in Parka street 2. Monuments Andrejs Pumpurs native house "Keirāni" – the formation of the ensemble of monuments...
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  • Aviation Museum Riga Film Museum Riga Motor Museum Riga Porcelain Museum Andrejs Pumpurs Museum in Lielvārde Ernst Glück Bible Museum in Alūksne Jēkabpils Museum...
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  • French, Paris I. L. Peretz, "Monish", Polish poet writing in Yiddish Andrejs Pumpurs, Lāčplēsis ("The Bear-Slayer"), Latvia Death years link to the corresponding...
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