| Jānis Medenis | |
| Birth Date: | 31 May 1903 |
| Birth Place: | Prauliena Parish (now Madona Municipality), Kreis Wenden, Governorate of Livonia (now) |
| Death Place: | Murjāņi, Latvian SSR (now) |
| Occupation: | Poet, writer |
| Nationality: | Latvian |
| Genre: | Poetry |
Jānis Medenis (May 31, 1903 – May 10, 1961) was a Latvian poet and writer. In 1948, he was convicted of anti-Soviet activities, and imprisoned in the Norillag camp, later in Irkutsk Oblast until 1955.[1] [2]