Mārtiņš Zīverts

Mārtiņš Zīverts (b. 1903 in Mežmuiža – d. 1990) was a Latvian playwright.

Biography

Zīverts was born in Mežmuiža, then in Dvinsk uyezd, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire, now in Vīpe parish, Krustpils municipality, Latvia. He studied philosophy at the University of Latvia in Riga, later working as an editor and dramaturgist at the National Theater in Riga. He came to Sweden 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.^[1] He wrote almost 40 plays in several genres.^[2]

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.

Footnotes

1. ^ (Swedish)"Martinš Ziverts". Immigrant Institutet. http://www.immi.se/kultur/authors/letter/ziverts.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-08. 
2. ^ "Power: A tragedy by Mārtiņs Zīverts". Lituanus. http://www.lituanus.org/1970/70_2_01.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-08. 

Persondata
Name	Ziverts, Martins
Alternative names
Short description	Latvian playwright
Date of birth	1903
Place of birth
Date of death	1990
Place of death