Reinis Kaudzīte
Reinis Kaudzīte, was a Latvian schoolteacher and writer. His novel Mērnieku laiki was the first novel written in Latvian language, co-authored with his brother Matīss Kaudzīte in 1879.
Reinis Kaudzīte was born in "Mādari", Vecpiebalga Parish, in the heart of Vidzeme. He had not attended the school himself but became a teacher of geography and religion classes in Kalna Kaibēni parish school at the age of 28.
