J\u0101nis Rokpelnis | Latvia<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>(b. 1945 in Riga ) \u2013\u00a0 poet, essayist born in Riga in the family of the writer Fricis Rokpelnis. He studied psychology and philosophy at Leningrad State University (1963-1969), graduated with a diploma in philosophy from the History and Philosophy Department at Latvian State University. He teaches philosophy and theology.\u00a0 Rokpelnis is an honorary member of Latvian Academy of Sciences. He worked at the National Museum of Art, riga Film Company, in the editorial office of the culture weekly \u201cLiteratura un M\u0101ksla\u201d, the journal \u201cLabrit\u201d and the literary magazine \u201cKarogs\u201d.\u00a0 For several years, he worked as poetry consultant in the Latvian Writers\u2019 Association and ran poetry workshops in 2004. He edited many volumes of peotry and prose by younger writers. He published six collections of poetry: \u201cZvaigzne, putna \u0113na un citi\u201d (1975), \u201cR\u012bgas iedzimtais\u201d (1981), \u201cVilciens no pils\u0113tas R.\u201d (1986), \u201cL\u012bme\u201d (1991), \u201cLirika\u201d (1999), \u201cV\u0101rti\u201d (2004) and two collections of essays\u00a0 \u201cR\u012bgas iedzimtie\u201d (1997),\u201d\u2026jeb Dievs nav mazais b\u0113rns\u201d (2003). He\u2019s the author of many screenplays for puppet films, such as\u00a0 \u201cUmurkumurs\u201d (1976), \u201cVanadzi\u0146\u0161\u201d (1978), libretto for the musical Meistars Aleksandrs (2002), and the biographical novel \u201cModus\u201d. As an expert on Russian poetry he translated the works of Aleksander Blok, Joseph Brodsky, Marina Tsvetaeva, and others. He has received the most prestigious literary prize in the Baltic Countries – The Baltic Assembly Prize (2000) as well as many national awards, including Ojars Vacietis Literary Prize for \u201cR\u012bgas iestaig\u0101\u0161ana\u201d (2013) and the collection of poetry \u201cPost factum\u201d (2016) and the \u201cLatvju Teksti\u201d magazine award for the collection of poems entitled “Nosaukums”.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"A](\"https:\/\/wydawnictwo.warsztatykultury.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Rokpelnis_Janis.jpg\" "\\"Rokpelnis_Janis\\"")
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(b. 1945 in Riga ) \u2013\u00a0 poet, essayist born in Riga in the family of the writer Fricis Rokpelnis. He studied psychology and philosophy at Leningrad State University (1963-1969), graduated with a diploma in philosophy from the History and Philosophy Department at Latvian State University. He teaches philosophy and theology.\u00a0 Rokpelnis is an honorary member of Latvian Academy of Sciences. He worked at the National Museum of Art, riga Film Company, in the editorial office of the culture weekly \u201cLiteratura un M\u0101ksla\u201d, the journal \u201cLabrit\u201d and the literary magazine \u201cKarogs\u201d.\u00a0 For several years, he worked as poetry consultant in the Latvian Writers\u2019 Association and ran poetry workshops in 2004. He edited many volumes of peotry and prose by younger writers. He published six collections of poetry: \u201cZvaigzne, putna \u0113na un citi\u201d (1975), \u201cR\u012bgas iedzimtais\u201d (1981), \u201cVilciens no pils\u0113tas R.\u201d (1986), \u201cL\u012bme\u201d (1991), \u201cLirika\u201d (1999), \u201cV\u0101rti\u201d (2004) and two collections of essays\u00a0 \u201cR\u012bgas iedzimtie\u201d (1997),\u201d\u2026jeb Dievs nav mazais b\u0113rns\u201d (2003). He\u2019s the author of many screenplays for puppet films, such as\u00a0 \u201cUmurkumurs\u201d (1976), \u201cVanadzi\u0146\u0161\u201d (1978), libretto for the musical Meistars Aleksandrs (2002), and the biographical novel \u201cModus\u201d. As an expert on Russian poetry he translated the works of Aleksander Blok, Joseph Brodsky, Marina Tsvetaeva, and others. He has received the most prestigious literary prize in the Baltic Countries – The Baltic Assembly Prize (2000) as well as many national awards, including Ojars Vacietis Literary Prize for \u201cR\u012bgas iestaig\u0101\u0161ana\u201d (2013) and the collection of poetry \u201cPost factum\u201d (2016) and the \u201cLatvju Teksti\u201d magazine award for the collection of poems entitled “Nosaukums”.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/span><\/div>Books<\/h2>\n<\/div>