Rainis

Mila Stipraka Par Navi Rainis Latvian edition

Rainis was the pseudonym of Janis Plieksans (1865 ? 1929), a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician. Rainis' works include the classic plays Uguns un nakts and Indulis un Arija, and a highly regarded translation of Goethe's Faust. His works had a profound influence on the literary Latvian language, and the ethnic symbolism he employed in his major works has been central to Latvian nationalism. "Mila stipraka par navi" is the story of a young girl's tragic fate and the eternal power of love.