Reinis Kaudzīte (Old orthography: Reinis Kaudsit; May 12, 1839 – August 21, 1920), was a Latvian schoolteacher and writer.^[1] His novel Mērnieku laiki ("Time of the Surveyors") was the first novel written in Latvian, co-authored with his brother Matīss Kaudzīte in 1879.^[2]

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Reinis Kaudzīte
Born	(1839-05-12)May 12, 1839 Vecpiebalga Parish, Kreis Wenden, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (now  Latvia)
Died	August 21, 1920(1920-08-21) (aged 81) Vecpiebalga Parish, Latvia
Occupation	writer
Nationality	Latvian

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Reinis Kaudzīte was born in "Mādari", Vecpiebalga Parish, in the heart of Vidzeme. He had not attended the school himself but became a teacher of geography and religion classes in Kalna Kaibēni parish school at the age of 28.