Jānis Akuraters (13 January 1876 – 25 July 1937) was a Latvian poet, writer, playwright and politician.

[1] Akuraters was born on 13 January 1876 in Dignāja parish Jaunzemji homestead (Modern Jēkabpils municipality).

After the suppression of the revolution, he was arrested briefly and after release he published art magazine Pret Sauli.

While in exile Akuraters wrote one of his famous works, his childhood memories Kalpa zēna vasara ('The servant boy's summer').

During First World War Akuraters enlisted in the Latvian Rifleman regiment and took part in the famous Christmas Battles.