KÅrli Stalte
Kōrli Stalte ( Latvian: Karlis Stalte; born August 10, 1870 in Mazirbe at Dundaga; † January 12, 1947 in Germany ) was a teacher, sacristan, organist, poet and essayist from Courland. He was a social and cultural activist.
Life
Stalte attended high school in Riga. He then worked as a clerk in Riga and Liepaja, as a teacher in Dundaga and Mazirbe, as a language teacher in Lielirbe and as a cantor and organist in Mazirbe. In 1922 he founded the Livonian folk choir. In the years 1933 to 1939, he was publisher and editor of the monthly magazine " Līvli ".
In 1939 because of the provisions of the German -Soviet Border and Friendship Treaty, the relocation of the German Balts was arranged Stalte moved with his wife, the Baltic German origin, was to Germany.
Literary activity
Stalte 1919 began his literary activity. With the support of scientific and church organizations in Finland and Estonia poems were published by Liv poets, including by Stalte. In 1924 was published in Tallinn his first collection of poems, " Livõd lōlõd " has 24 pages and contains 28 poems. Stalte also is the first author of a textbook of the Livonian language.
Together with Lauri Kettunen worked Stalte greatest Livonian language with dictionary. Among his works is a translation of the New Testament.
Stalte wrote the text of the Livonian Livonian national anthem "Min izāmō " ( " My Homeland " ) to the tune of Fredrik Pacius, which is also the Finnish and Estonian national anthem is based.
Staltes daughter Margareta Stalte set to music several poems of her father.