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Kลrli Stalte (Latvian: Kฤrlis Stalte, born 9 August 1870, Mazirbe โ died 12 January 1947 in Fehrbellin, Germany)[1] was a prolific Livonian cultural activist. Stalte worked as a teacher in Dundaga and Mazirbe, and as a Livonian language teacher in Lielirbe; and as a cantor and organist in Mazirbe. His wife was Baltic German and he moved to Germany with her when Hitler ordered the resettlement of all Baltic Germans in 1939. Kลrli Stalte died in 1947, in Fehrbellin, Germany.
He wrote many poems in the Livonian language (Livรตd Lolรตd for example), and wrote the lyrics of the Livonian national anthem, Min izฤmล. His works also include a translation of the New Testament (ลชลพ testament), and participating in the creation of the biggest Livonian language dictionary yet, Livisches Worterbuch mit Grammatischer Einleitung. Kลrli Stalte's daughter Margareta Stalte composed several songs using Kลrli's poems as lyrics.
References
edit- ^ "KฤRLIS STALTE". livones.net. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
Bibliography
edit- Marjo Mela and Lembit Vaba, Latvian historiaa ja kulttuuria, Rozentฤls-seura 2005, ISBNย 951-98671-1-2 (Finnish)
- Livones.lv: Kฤrlis Stalte (Latvian)
- Livones.lv: the biggest Liv language dictionary Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
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