What is Pauls Putniņš?
[[File:Flickr - Saeima - 9.Saeimas deputāts Pauls Putniņš.jpg|thumb|Pauls Putniņš]] '''Pauls Putniņš''' (12 November 1937 – 1 December 2018) was a Latvian playwright, journalist and politician. == Biography == He was born in [[Riga]], [[Latvia]]. He was a popular playwright in the 1980s and 1990s, he wrote 30 plays; some 25 of his works were staged across Latvia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.makslinieki.lv/profile/255/|title=Pauls Putniņš|publisher=Makslinieki.lv|access-date=8 January 2013}}</ref> A politician, he was a member of [[Latvian Writers' Union]], he was elected to the [[Riga City Council]]. He retired in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apollo.lv/zinas/dramaturgs-pauls-putnins-par-aiziesanu-no-politikas/457599|title=Dramaturgs Pauls Putniņš par aiziešanu no politikas|publisher=Apollo.lv|date=1 August 2010|access-date=8 January 2013|language=lv}}</ref> Putniņš died in Riga on 1 December 2018 at the age of 81.<ref>[https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/kultura/teatris-un-deja/aizsaule-devies-dramaturgs-pauls-putnins.a301523/ Aizsaulē devies dramaturgs Pauls Putniņš] {{in lang|lv}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Putnins, Pauls}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Latvian politicians]] [[Category:Latvian journalists]] [[Category:Playwrights]]