Pyotr Antropov

Pyotr Antropov (16th of September 1945, Rezekne District, Latvian SSR) – a poet and a publicist.

P. Antropov was born on 16 September 1945 in Latgale (Eastern Latvia) in a poor old believier's family. He had to work hard from childhood and began to study to improve his position in society. He graduated from Riga Polytechnic Institute and later studied journalism. Since 2002 he has been teaching the basics of advertising and PR in the Baltic International Academy.

His main intersts include poetry, especially S. Yesenin's. Antropov also wrote many poems himself.

P. Antropov worked for many years as a journalist in the newspapers «Sovetskaya Latvia» and «The Moscow News».

He manifested himself as a talented journalist and poet. His poems were translated into many languages.