Edv\u012bns Raups | Latvia<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>(b. 1962\u00a0 in Sigulda) \u2013 (real name\u00a0 Edv\u012bns Struka) <\/span>studied at the Riga Polytechnics Institute and at the English Language and Literature Department of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, University of Latvia. He also worked for the weekly \u201c<\/span>Kult\u016bras Forums\u201d. He\u2019s a poet and translator from Spanish and Portuguese. He has greatly contributed to introducing into Latvian literature\u00a0 Latin american writers, such as Julio Cort\u00e1zar, Jorge Luis Borges, Octavio Paz. <\/span>His poetry collections <\/span>V\u0113ja nav<\/span><\/i> (<\/span>No Wind<\/span><\/i>, 1991) and <\/span>Dz\u012bvo damies<\/span><\/i> (<\/span>Live-ing<\/span><\/i>, 1995) earned him one of the most original poetry debuts of his time, full of surprising metaphors and based on broad knowledge about various international literary traditions.\u00a0 The year 1997 saw the publication of Raups’ collection “33 m\u012bklaini dz\u012bves gadi un dzejo\u013ci” (33 Mysterious Years and Poems). His fourth poetry collection <\/span>\u201cuzv\u0101ri man kaut ko p\u0101rejo\u0161u\u201d was published in 2002. <\/span>\u00a0Putn’ (Bird’) was published in 2008. After writing on social and political themes, Raups moved towards personal introspection and subjective, often intimate experiences of creation. Raups is considered one of the greatest innovators in Latvian poetry of\u00a0 the 1990s. When describing his poetry, critics often use the term surrealism.\u00a0 Raups is the recipient of several important Latvian literary awards, including Ojars Vacietis Award (2009) and the annual Latvian Literary Award. His poetry has been translated into English, Czech, Finnish, German, Russian and Turkish. 2003 saw the publication of Raups\u2019 poems in Sweden and in 2010 the Canadian publisher <\/span>Guernica Editions\u00a0 <\/span>published a volume of his selected poems under the title \u201cThen Touch Me Here\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"a](\"https:\/\/wydawnictwo.warsztatykultury.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Raups_Edvins.jpg\" "\\"Raups_Edvins\\"")
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(b. 1962\u00a0 in Sigulda) \u2013 (real name\u00a0 Edv\u012bns Struka) <\/span>studied at the Riga Polytechnics Institute and at the English Language and Literature Department of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, University of Latvia. He also worked for the weekly \u201c<\/span>Kult\u016bras Forums\u201d. He\u2019s a poet and translator from Spanish and Portuguese. He has greatly contributed to introducing into Latvian literature\u00a0 Latin american writers, such as Julio Cort\u00e1zar, Jorge Luis Borges, Octavio Paz. <\/span>His poetry collections <\/span>V\u0113ja nav<\/span><\/i> (<\/span>No Wind<\/span><\/i>, 1991) and <\/span>Dz\u012bvo damies<\/span><\/i> (<\/span>Live-ing<\/span><\/i>, 1995) earned him one of the most original poetry debuts of his time, full of surprising metaphors and based on broad knowledge about various international literary traditions.\u00a0 The year 1997 saw the publication of Raups’ collection “33 m\u012bklaini dz\u012bves gadi un dzejo\u013ci” (33 Mysterious Years and Poems). His fourth poetry collection <\/span>\u201cuzv\u0101ri man kaut ko p\u0101rejo\u0161u\u201d was published in 2002. <\/span>\u00a0Putn’ (Bird’) was published in 2008. After writing on social and political themes, Raups moved towards personal introspection and subjective, often intimate experiences of creation. Raups is considered one of the greatest innovators in Latvian poetry of\u00a0 the 1990s. When describing his poetry, critics often use the term surrealism.\u00a0 Raups is the recipient of several important Latvian literary awards, including Ojars Vacietis Award (2009) and the annual Latvian Literary Award. His poetry has been translated into English, Czech, Finnish, German, Russian and Turkish. 2003 saw the publication of Raups\u2019 poems in Sweden and in 2010 the Canadian publisher <\/span>Guernica Editions\u00a0 <\/span>published a volume of his selected poems under the title \u201cThen Touch Me Here\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/span><\/div>Books<\/h2>\n<\/div>