Andrejs Upits
Andrejs Upīts (sometimes as Andrei Upitis) was famous Latvian poet and short-story writer.
He was born in 1877 in Skrīveri (Skriveri), which is 70km far from Riga. As young person worked in school as teacher, spoke in several languages - Latvian, Russian, English, German, Italian and French.
Despite being communism follower, his monument isn't removed as it did to many other Soviet figures in Latvia.

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