Mārtiņš Zīverts (27 July 1903 in Mežmuiža, Vilce parish – 4 October 1990) was a Latvian playwright. Biography Zīverts was born in Mežmuiža, Courland Governorate (now Vilce parish, Jelgava municipality, Latvia). He studied philosophy at the University of Latvia in Riga, later working as an editor and dramaturgist at the National Theater in Riga. He came to Sweden as a refugee in 1944. While he often worked as a laborer, he continued to write and direct plays, and served as chairman of the Latvian PEN center. He wrote almost 40 plays in several genres. Work Hasana harēms, 1927 Kropļi, 1933 Zelta zeme, 1933 Galvu augšā!, 1937 Tīreļpurvs, 1937 Ķīnas vāze, 1940 Vara, 1944 Kāds, kura nav, 1947 Čūska, 1960. Meli meklē meli, 1962 Kaļostro Vilcē, 1967 Nauda, 1967 Totēms, 1972 Par sevi: autobiogrāfija, intervijas, vēstules, 1992 Adaptations In 1992 a Lithuanian director Juozas Sabolius has made a two-part costume drama based on Zīverts' play "Vara" (Power) about the life of Lithuania's king Mindaugas which was aired by Lithuania's national broadcaster. Footnotes 1903 births 1990 deaths People from Jelgava Municipality People from Courland Governorate Latvian writers University of Latvia alumni