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Feb 10, 1909 Vidriži Parish, Limbaži Municipality, Latvia Died on 05 Sep 1932 (aged 23) Aquarius
Austra Skujia - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Austra Skujia
- Austra Skujina (born 10 February 1909 in Vidriži parish, Governorate of Livonia – died 5 September 1932, Riga, Latvia) was a Latvian poet.
- Known for her sad poems about impossibility of love and happiness despite wanting to achieve it.
- Her first poem was published in 1926 in a social democrat newspaper, and during her first years she was more known more for left wing and protest poems.
- The first collection of her poems was published in 1932, shortly after her suicide. Skujina committed suicide on 5 September 1932, at the age of 23.
- She is buried at the Riga Forest Cemetery.
