A.Grīna vasarnīca
1934. gadā grāmatas "Dvēseļu putenis" autors Aleksandrs Grīns iegādājās "Pikātu" mājas un tajās kopā ar ģimeni pavadīja vasaras. Ilgi tajās rakstnieks nenodzīvoja, 1941. gada 14. jūnijā A.Grīns tika arestēts Litenē, nošauts 25. decembrī Astrahaņā. No šīm mājām 1941. gada 25. martā uz Sibīriju izsūtīja rakstnieka sievu Alīdu un meitas Zentu un Ilzi. Vairāk informācijas stendā pie piemiņas akmens.
Summer house of a writer Aleksandrs Grīns
Aleksandrs Grīns is known for several successful historical novels. Most notable is the novel "Blizzard of Souls [lv]" (Dvēseļu Putenis), where the main protagonist is a young Latvian schoolboy who enlists in a Latvian Riflemen battalion and participates in battles in Latvia and, later, the Russian Civil War. In this novel, he used his own experiences and memories during the First World War. Other notable works are Nameja Gredzens (Ring of Namejs), about ancient Semigallian duke Nameisis, and Tobago, about Courlander colonists of the island in the 17th century. Besides novels, he has also translated into Latvian Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front and L. Renn War'.[1]
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