Jūlijs Vanags
Latvian writer
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Jūlijs Vanags (8 July [O.S. 25 June] 1903, Ungurmuiža Parish (now Jēkabpils district), Russian Empire – 12 October 1986, Riga, Latvian SSR) was a Latvian and Soviet writer and a co-author of the text of the Anthem of the Latvian SSR.[1] He also wrote plays, children's books, poetry, stories and translated many works into Latvian including Leo Toltsoy's Anna Karenina, Alexander Pushkin's Ruslan and Ludmilla and The Stone host by Lesya Ukrainika.
