Claim: The German poet and novelist Werner Bergengruen, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, was born on September 16, 1892, in Riga, Livonia, Russian Empire (now Latvia).
Evidence: Werner Bergengruen (September 16, 1892 – September 4, 1964) was a Baltic German novelist and poet. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. 16 September 1892
Riga, Livonia, Russian Empire
(Now Latvia) 
German poet, novelist. 16 September 1892
Riga, Livonia, Russian Empire
(Now Latvia) He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.