Monument to Rūdolfs Blaumanis (Riga)

Latvia / Riga / Riga
 monument, interesting place, listed building / architectural heritage
1929. tēln. T.Zaļkalns. The monument, which was first erected in 1929 near Blaumana iela 28, was relocated here in 1946.

Rūdolf Blaumanis, who was born in Cēsu to a musical family, became one of Latvia's foremost writers and poets. He attended his local parish school with four other boys and a goat! In 1872, he moved to a private school in Ogre where he realised that all he wanted to do was write. He wrote over 100 stories as well as poems and plays, the most popular of which is Purva bridejs (1898), a story that has been dramatised and made into a film. Other works from his pen include Raudupiete, Bertula pirksts, Andriksons, Nāvēs Ēnā, Indrani, Ugunī, and Skroderdienas Silmacos
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rūdolfs_Blaumanis
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Coordinates:   56°57'10"N   24°6'34"E
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