movement death_date death_place birth_place birth_date signature image article_title name occupation
realism 4 september 1908 punkaharju , russian empire -lrb- now -rrb- Ērgļi , russian empire -lrb- now -rrb- 20 december 1862 rudolfs blaumanis signature.svg r blaumanis.jpg rūdolfs blaumanis
 rūdolfs blaumanis poet playwright translator journalist
rūdolfs blaumanis

rūdolfs kārlis leonīds blaumanis -lrb- 1862 -- 1908 -rrb- was a latvian writer , journalist and playwright .
he is considered one of the greatest writers in latvian history and particularly a master of realism .
the building of a flat in riga that he once lived has been converted to a museum named partially in his honor , the janis rozentāls and rūdolfs blaumanis museum .
