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Andrejs Upīts

Latvian poet and writer (1877-1970) · Latvia · On the map · Writers · Died at 92

Andrejs Upīts was a Latvian teacher, poet and short story writer.

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1970Died17 November 19701967Hero of Socialist LabourAwardOrder of LeninAward1965Order of LeninAward1957Order of LeninAward1956Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1952Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1950Order of LeninAward1947Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1946Order of LeninAwardStalin Prize, 2nd degreeAward1943Order of the Red Banner of LabourAwardPeople's Writer of the Latvian SSRAward1877Born22 November 1877

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Awards

Hero of Socialist Labour1967
Order of Lenin1967
Order of Lenin1965
Order of Lenin1957
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1956
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1952
Order of Lenin1950
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1947
Order of Lenin1946
Stalin Prize, 2nd degree1946
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1943
People's Writer of the Latvian SSR1943
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

About this person

Country
Latvia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1877 to 1970 · aged 92

Writers from Latvia 6

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