Editing Rainis (section)

{{Short description|Latvian poet}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Jānis Pliekšāns
| image              = Rainis.jpg
| caption            = 
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1865|9|11|df=y}}
| birth_place        = "Varslavāni" farm, [[Dunava parish]], [[Courland Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]]
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1929|9|12|1865|9|11|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Majori]], [[Latvia]]
| occupation         = [[Poet]] <br /> [[Playwright]]<br /> [[translator]]<br /> [[politician]]
| spouse             = [[Aspazija]]
| awards             = [[Order of the Three Stars]], 1st class (1925)
}}
'''Jānis Pliekšāns''' (11 September 1865 – 11 September 1929), known by his [[pseudonym]] '''Rainis''', was a [[Latvia]]n [[Poetry|poet]], [[playwright]], [[Translation|translator]], and [[politics|politician]]. Rainis' works include the classic plays ''Uguns un nakts'' (''Fire and Night'', 1905) and ''Indulis un Ārija'' (''Indulis and Ārija'', 1911), and a highly regarded translation of [[Goethe|Goethe's]] ''[[Goethe's Faust|Faust]]''. His works had a profound influence on the literary [[Latvian language]], and the [[ethnic]] [[symbol]]ism he employed in his major works has been central to Latvian [[nationalism]].