“Upmaļi”

Posted 29.04.2014
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Address: Liuža, Kantinieku pagasts
Short description: Upmaļi is the family house of writer Jāņis Klīdzējs who wrote 8 novels, 11storybooks, 2essay books and reflections about Latgalian catholic-Latvian mentality.
Jānis Streičs( famous Latvian producer) shot a film in Latgalian, based on the novel by Jāņis Klīdzējs called „The Child of a Man”. The film got critics and audience acknowledgement as well as in Latvia and abroad. J.Klīdzējs died in exile, in the USA.

GPS: 56.5714398, 27.1373684

 

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