Jūlijs Vanags (8 July [O.S. 25 June] 1903, Ungurmuiža Parish (now Jēkabpils District), Russian Empire – 12 October 1986, Riga, Latvian SSR) was a Soviet and Latvian writer and a co-author of the text of the Anthem of the Latvian SSR.[1] He also wrote plays, childrens books, poetry, stories and translated many works into latvian including Leo toltsoys Anna karenina, Alexander pushkins Ruslan and ludmilla and The stone host by Lesya ukrainika.

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  1. ^ Rožkalne, Anita (2003). Latviešu rakstniecība biogrāfijās (in Latvian). Riga: Zinātne. ISBN 9984-698-48-3. OCLC 54799673.