Imants Ziedonis

Imants Ziedonis was born on 3 May 1933 in Ragaciems, into a family of fishermen. A road worker, librarian and schoolteacher, he studied Latvian philology at the University of Latvia until 1959, then in 1964 took the advanced literature courses in Moscow. An editor at the Liesma publishing house, he chaired the Latvian Cultural Foundation until 1993 and, as a deputy of the Supreme Council, voted on 4 May 1990 for the restoration of independence. Partner of the actress Ausma Kantāne, he died in Riga on 27 February 2013 and is buried in Ragaciems.

In the catalogue 1

• PoetryEs ieeju sevīImants Ziedonis · 1968not translated into EnglishLiterature