Ä€dolfs AlunÄns | |
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Born | 11 October 1848 Jelgava, Russian Empire (current Latvia) |
Died | 5 July 1912 Jelgava, Russian Empire (current Latvia) |
Occupation(s) | Playwright, actor, director |
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Children | ArtÅ«rs, Marija, PÄ“teris, KolmÄrs, Elza, Zuzanna, Paula, Valda Valeska, EmÄ«lija, Oļģerts |
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Adolfs AlunÄns (11 October 1848 – 5 July 1912) was a Latvian actor, director and playwright. For his efforts and hard work in progressing Latvian Dramaturgy he received the title "father of Latvian theater". [1] In 1968, the Jelgava's Adolf Alunans memorial museum was built. [2]
Adolfs AlunÄns was born in Jelgava, a town in Russian Empire (in present-day Latvia). His parents were Peter AlunÄns, a well-known Latvian journalist, and Otilia AlunÄne, daughter of the mayor of Jelgava. In youth AlunÄns went to the Academia Petrina gymnasium and in his free time was strictly schooled by his uncle Juris AlunÄns (a famous Latvian poet). After finishing the gymnasium, he was very well educated. He often went to the city theater with his grandfather Julius Felcke, who was a big theater admirer. These theater attendances gave AlunÄns a big interest in theater art, that he will be driven by his whole life. [3]
From 1866, he started working as an actor in German theater in Reval (now Tallinn) until 1870, when he was invited to lead the Latvian theater in Riga. [4] While working in the Latvian theater he translated German plays to Latvian language and wrote his own, searched for new actors and organized their learning. In 1885, AlunÄns stepped down and returned to live in his hometown Jelgava, where he continued to work as an actor, writer and journalist. [5] In 1896, he created his own theater, which successfully worked until 1904, when his health got worse. [6]
The artist died on 5 July 1912, in Jelgava where he was buried in cemeteries JÄņa Kapi (today Park d'AlunÄns). In 1913, a monument was erected on its burial. Stolen twice in the time of independent Latvia, the bronze bas-relief executed by the sculptor Burkards Dzenis, the twice was found by the police in the spinning of scraps. [7] [8]
Ä€dolfs AlunÄns | |
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Born | 11 October 1848 Jelgava, Russian Empire (current Latvia) |
Died | 5 July 1912 Jelgava, Russian Empire (current Latvia) |
Occupation(s) | Playwright, actor, director |
Spouses |
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Children | ArtÅ«rs, Marija, PÄ“teris, KolmÄrs, Elza, Zuzanna, Paula, Valda Valeska, EmÄ«lija, Oļģerts |
Parents |
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Adolfs AlunÄns (11 October 1848 – 5 July 1912) was a Latvian actor, director and playwright. For his efforts and hard work in progressing Latvian Dramaturgy he received the title "father of Latvian theater". [1] In 1968, the Jelgava's Adolf Alunans memorial museum was built. [2]
Adolfs AlunÄns was born in Jelgava, a town in Russian Empire (in present-day Latvia). His parents were Peter AlunÄns, a well-known Latvian journalist, and Otilia AlunÄne, daughter of the mayor of Jelgava. In youth AlunÄns went to the Academia Petrina gymnasium and in his free time was strictly schooled by his uncle Juris AlunÄns (a famous Latvian poet). After finishing the gymnasium, he was very well educated. He often went to the city theater with his grandfather Julius Felcke, who was a big theater admirer. These theater attendances gave AlunÄns a big interest in theater art, that he will be driven by his whole life. [3]
From 1866, he started working as an actor in German theater in Reval (now Tallinn) until 1870, when he was invited to lead the Latvian theater in Riga. [4] While working in the Latvian theater he translated German plays to Latvian language and wrote his own, searched for new actors and organized their learning. In 1885, AlunÄns stepped down and returned to live in his hometown Jelgava, where he continued to work as an actor, writer and journalist. [5] In 1896, he created his own theater, which successfully worked until 1904, when his health got worse. [6]
The artist died on 5 July 1912, in Jelgava where he was buried in cemeteries JÄņa Kapi (today Park d'AlunÄns). In 1913, a monument was erected on its burial. Stolen twice in the time of independent Latvia, the bronze bas-relief executed by the sculptor Burkards Dzenis, the twice was found by the police in the spinning of scraps. [7] [8]