Mārtiņš Zīverts

Mārtiņš Zīverts (27 July 1903 in Mežmuiža, Vilce parish – 4 October 1990 in Stockholm, sweden) was a Latvian playwright.

Biography

Zīverts was born in Mežmuiža, Courland Governorate (now Vilce parish, Jelgava 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 more than 50 plays in several genres.^[2]

Work

Hasana harēms, 1927
Nafta, 1931
Kropļi, 1933
Zelta zeme, 1933
Galvu aukšā, 1935
Āksts, 1936
kolka, 1937
Galvu augšā!, 1937
Tīreļpurvs, 1937
Partizāni, 1938
Trakais juris, 1939
Cilvēks grib dzīvot, 1939
Ķīnas vāze, 1940
Minhauzena precības, 1941
Nauda, 1943
Pāveste, 1944
Vara, 1944
Karātavu komēdija, 1946
Divkauja, 1946
Kāds, kura nav, 1947
Zaļā krūze, 1949
Rūda, 1954
Čūska, 1960.
Meli meklē meli, 1962
Pēdējā laiva, 1967
Kaļostro Vilcē, 1967
Nauda, 1967
Rīga dimd, 1968
Totēms, 1972
Kopenhāgenas dialogs, 1980
Teātris,1988
Par sevi: autobiogrāfija, intervijas, vēstules, 1992

Adaptations

In 1992 a Lithuanian director Juozas Sabolius has made a two-part costume drama based on Zīverts' play "Vara" (Power) about the life of Lithuania's king Mindaugas which was aired by Lithuania's national broadcaster.

Footnotes

^ "Martinš Ziverts" (in Swedish). Immigrant Institutet. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
^ "Power: A tragedy by Mārtiņs Zīverts". Lituanus. Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2009-02-08.

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[1] "Martinš Ziverts" (in Swedish). Immigrant Institutet. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-02-08.

[2] "Power: A tragedy by Mārtiņs Zīverts". Lituanus. Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2009-02-08.

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