page_title: Edvarts Virza
hierarchical_section_title: Edvarts Virza
caption_attribution_description: English: Latvian writer, poet and journalist Edvarts Virza.
context_page_description: Edvarts Virza was a Latvian writer, poet and translator. In 1935 and 1936 he was a nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature. His works were banned in Latvian SSR until 1985.
context_section_description: Edvarts Virza (born as Jēkabs Eduards Liekna; December 27, 1883, Salgale parish – March 1, 1940, Riga) was a Latvian writer, poet and translator. In 1935 and 1936 he was a nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature. His works were banned in Latvian SSR until 1985.
caption: Virza in 1914
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