Biography

Zīverts was born in Mežmuiža, then in Dvinsk uyezd, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire

Russian Empire

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, now in Vīpe parish

Vīpe parish

- Towns, villages and settlements of Vīpe parish :*...

, Krustpils municipality

Krustpils municipality

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, Latvia

Latvia

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. He studied philosophy at the University of Latvia

University of Latvia

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 in Riga

Riga

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, later working as an editor and dramaturgist at the National Theater in Riga. He came to Sweden

Sweden

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as a refugee in 1944. While he often worked as a laborer, he continued to write and direct plays, and served as chairman of the Latvian PEN center. He wrote almost 40 plays in several genres.

Work

• Hasana harēms, 1927.
• Kropļi, 1933.
• Zelta zeme, 1933.
• Galvu augšā!, 1937
• Tīreļpurvs, 1937
• Ķīnas vāze, 1940.
• Kāds, kura nav, 1947.
• Čūska, 1960.
• Meli meklē meli, 1962.
• Nauda, 1967.
• Totēms, 1972.
• Par sevi: autobiogrāfija, intervijas, vēstules, 1992.

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