Imants Ziedonis's lyrics & chords

Imants Ziedonis (May 3, 1933 - February 27, 2013) was a Latvian poet who first rose to fame during the Soviet period of Latvia. Ziedonis was born in the Sloka fisherman's district of Jūrmala, Latvia. He was educated at the University of Latvia in Riga where he earned a degree in philology in 1959. He earned an additional degree in advanced literature in Moscow in 1964. As a young man, Ziedonis worked in a wide variety of jobs ranging from librarian to road construction worker and from teacher to literary editor. Following Latvian independenc...read more