Rainis

Uguns Un Nakts Rainis Latvian edition

Rainis was the pseudonym of Janis Plieksans (1865 ? 1929), a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician. Rainis' works include classic plays 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. ?Uguns un nakts? is a symbolist drama which calls for Latvian independence.