Jānis Medenis

Latvian poet and writer

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Jānis Medenis
Born	(1903-05-31)May 31, 1903 Prauliena Parish (now Madona Municipality), Kreis Wenden, Governorate of Livonia (now Latvia)
Died	May 10, 1961(1961-05-10) (aged 57) Murjāņi, Latvian SSR (now Latvia)
Occupation	Poet, writer
Nationality	Latvian
Genre	Poetry

Jānis Medenis (May 31, 1903 – May 10, 1961) was a Latvian poet and writer. In 1948, he was convicted of anti-Soviet activities, and imprisoned in the Norillag camp, later in Irkutsk Oblast until 1955.