The national poet of the Latvian SSR is the honorary title of the Latvian SSR , which was awarded to the Latvian Soviet poets, whose works deserved an exceptional professional assessment and received national recognition. It was approved by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Latvian SSR of July 4, 1945 , along with the honorary title " People's Writer of the Latvian SSR " [1] .
Folk poets of the Latvian SSR
The titles "People's poet of the Latvian SSR" in different years were awarded:
- Rainis (1940, posthumous)
- Jan Sudrabkaln (1947)
- Mirdza Kempe (1967)
- Ojar Vácietis ( 1977 )
- Imant Ziedonis (1977)
Notes
- ↑ Soviet Latvia / Ch. ed. P.P. Eran. - 1st ed .. - Riga: Main Edition of Encyclopedias, 1985. - 816 p. - 50,000 copies.