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Zenta Mauriņa

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Birth Date:
15.12.1897
Death date:
25.04.1978
Person's maiden name:
Зента Мауриня
Categories:
, Pedagogue, teacher, PhD , Philosopher, Scientist, Writer
Nationality:
 latvian
Cemetery:
Friedhof Bad Krozingen

Zenta Mauriņa (15 December 1897 – 25 April 1978) was a Latvian writer, essayist and researcher in philology. She was married to the Electronic Voice Phenomena researcher Konstantin Raudive.

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Biography

Born to doctor Roberts Mauriņš, Zenta spent her childhood in Grobiņa, where, at the age of five, she contracted polio leaving her confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. After studying at the Russian girls high school in Liepaja (1913–1915), she studied philosophy at the Latvian University in Riga (1921–1923). After this, she studied philology of Baltic languages (1923–1927). She taught at the Latvian Teachers Institute and at the Latvian University in Riga and in Murmuiza, and achieved her doctorate in philology in 1938, researching the works of Latvian poet and philosopher, Fricis Bārda.

At the close of the Second World War, Mauriņa went into exile, first in Germany, but later in Sweden, where she became a lecturer at Uppsala University (1949–1963). In 1966 she moved to Bad Krozingen in southern Germany, where she was buried after her death in a hospital in Basel, Switzerland.

Works

Up to 1944, Mauriņa published 19 books in Latvia, including monographs on Latvian writers Rainis, Jānis Poruks, Anna Brigadere and Fricis Bārda, as well as on Dostoyevsky and Dante. During this period she also wrote her novel, Life on a Train (1941). After the war, she published 20 books in Latvian, and 27 in German, and her works have been widely translated into Italian, English, Russian, Swedish, Dutch, Finnish and Danish. Notable among her works in German are:

  • The Long Journey (Die weite Fahrt) (her autobiography)
  • Dostoyevsky (Dostojewskij) (a biography)
  • Heart mosaic (Mosaik des Herzens) (essays)
  • In the beginning, was joy (Im Anfang war die Freude) (short stories)
  • A loved life - a lived life (Geliebtes Leben - gelebtes Leben) (essays)
  • A Portrait of Russian Writers (Porträts russischer Schriftsteller) (essays)

Awards

  • Officer Cross, of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1968)
  • PBLA (World Free Latvians Association) Award (1969)
  • Konrad Adenauer Prize, for literature (1971)
  • Honorary citizen of Bad Krozingen (1977)

Source: wikipedia.org, liepaja.lv, biographien.lv

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Roberts MauriņšRoberts MauriņšFather28.08.186129.01.1939
        2Melānija MauriņaMelānija MauriņaMother30.10.186021.05.1946
        3
        Verners MauriņšBrother28.12.189929.10.1903
        4Renāte Elza MauriņaRenāte Elza MauriņaSister10.09.190701.10.1930
        5
        Ieva RidkvistaSister17.03.189618.05.1982
        6Helga  Mauriņa - RolleHelga Mauriņa - RolleSister16.01.189518.05.1979
        7
        Irēne MauriņaSister05.08.189323.11.1903
        8
        Melānija Helēna FranckevičaSister22.10.190107.06.1991
        9Konstantins RaudiveKonstantins RaudiveHusband30.04.190902.09.1974
        10
        Vikentijs RaudiveFather in-law00.00.186100.00.1940
        11
        Rozālija RaudiveMother in-law00.00.187300.00.1947
        12
        Tekla RaudiveSister in-law00.00.189800.00.1981
        13
        Monika MikuceBrother in-law25.04.190631.01.1995
        14
        Aloizs RaudiveBrother in-law00.00.189600.00.1992
        15Marija RīdzenieceMarija RīdzenieceFriend28.05.188227.09.1935
        16Elfrīda LauvaElfrīda LauvaFriend29.02.189615.03.1988
        17Paulis PētersonsPaulis PētersonsFriend15.06.189527.01.1975
        18
        Irēne MellisFriend22.06.191605.08.2017
        19Ivars ĶezbersIvars ĶezbersFamiliar30.03.194423.04.1997
        20Kārlis ĶezbersKārlis ĶezbersFamiliar02.03.191412.03.2006
        21Jānis  EzeriņšJānis EzeriņšFamiliar09.04.189128.12.1924
        22
        Jānis ZandersFamiliar08.07.191126.07.1983
        23Ārija Kalpaka-GrundmaneĀrija Kalpaka-GrundmaneFamiliar25.10.192227.09.2006
        24Teodors CelmsTeodors CelmsTeacher14.06.189314.02.1989
        25Kārlis Maigonis BauersKārlis Maigonis BauersIdea mate02.05.192424.06.2013
        26Nikolai RerikhNikolai RerikhIdea mate09.10.187413.12.1947
        27
        Austra Ozoliņa PelseIdea mate11.03.191323.02.2006
        28Ivans ZavolokoIvans ZavolokoIdea mate00.00.189700.00.1984

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