Valdis Lux ( Latvian. Valdis Lukss , real name Voldemars Kristapovich Lux ( Latvian. Voldemārs Lukss ); June 21, 1905 - July 24, 1985 ) - Latvian poet, journalist and public figure.
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| Birth name | Voldemars Kristapovich Luks | ||||||||
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| Place of Birth | Engure region Latvia | ||||||||
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| Occupation | poetry journalist | ||||||||
| Language of Works | Latvian | ||||||||
| Debut | 1925 | ||||||||
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Biography
Valdis Lux was born on June 21, 1905 in the Ozolnieki volost [1] of Tukums district .
He graduated from the Tukums district school (1937) and the University of Latvia . During the Great Patriotic War, he was an editorial employee of the front-line newspaper Latviešu Strēlnieks (Latvian Rifleman). Member of the CPSU since 1944. After the end of the war from 1945 to 1947, he worked as an editor of the magazine Literatūra un Māksla (Literature and Art). He was the first secretary of the Writers' Union of the Latvian SSR (1950-1965), a member of the Central Committee of the KPL , a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR (1958-1962).
Creativity
From 1925 it began to be printed in various periodicals. The first collection of poems "Skarbums", dedicated to the revolutionary struggle, was published in 1941. During the war years, the books Sniga Sniegi (1943) and Kara krūze (1945) were printed. The problems of post-war life were touched upon in poetry collections Rita sāk dzīvot (1948) and Dzejas (1949). The author returned to the revolutionary theme in the poem Slava (1958). Civil, domestic and children's poems were published in the collections Augsim (1948), Rīta solis (1951), Pirmklasnieki (1956), and Tinces varavīksne (1957).
The whole creativity of Valdis Lux is characterized by emotionally expressive, socially relevant sound of poetry.
Awards and prizes
- Order of the October Revolution (1975)
- 2 orders of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree (10/15/1944; 11.03.1985)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor (03/01/1956)
- Order of Friendship of Peoples (11/16/1984)
- Order of the Badge of Honor (1965)
- Medal "For Military Merit" (05/04/1943)
- other medals
- State Prize of the Latvian SSR (1958) - for the book of poems for children "First Graders", "Rainbow Tince" and the poem "Glory".
Bibliography
Russian translations
- Soldier's mug. Front poems. - Riga: Publishing house VAPP, 1945. - 172 pages. Circulation: 5,000 copies.
- First graders - Latvian State Publishing Riga, 1957
- Valdis Luxes. Poems (Library of the Soviet poet) [2] - Fiction. Moscow, 1960
- Lux Valdis. Song Riga. - Moscow: Goslitizdat, 1960. - P.139-140.
- Lux Valdis. Anger and joy. - Moscow: Soviet writer, 1948. - P.79-80.
Notes
- ↑ Renamed Smarde Parish since 1925
- ↑ The collection included an autobiographical article by Valdis Lux “A few words about myself”, poems from different years, “From the Leningrad cycle”, children's poems, a poem “Glory”