His works were banned twice — the first time after Kārlis Ulmanis' coup of 1934, and the second during the years of the Soviet regime, when his performance of his play, Ziedošais tuksnesis (~The Blooming Desert) was prohibited at the Dailes theatre and censors prohibited distribution of his book, Literatūras vēsture (~The History of Literature).
His popularity was partly also connected with his last name Ulmanis (the same as former Latvian president Kārlis Ulmanis) which also brought him troubles with the Soviet authorities.
In Soviet time, he would easily mention that his favourite politician was Kārlis Ulmanis (Latvian prime minister before Soviet occupation).
As after the Kārlis Ulmanis coup of 15 May 1934 all social democrat organisations were banned, SSS was disbanded and Borduško moved to Riga Vanderer.
Guntis Ulmanis | Kārlis Ulmanis | Kārlis Mīlenbahs | Kārlis Zāle | Kārlis Lejnieks |