Literature
The second international poetry festival Page Break will take place in Jelgava from May 10 to 13. The four-day poetry event will conclude with an ambitious poetry concert, with 13 poets from 12 countries around the world, the festival's organizer said on May 8.
The Latvian PEN Award 2022 goes to the literature and philosophy online magazine Punctum, representatives of the Latvian PEN said May 3.
Between April 27 and 30, the international Leipziger Buchmesse (Leipzig Book Fair) is taking place in Germany, with Latvia also participating with a stand and event program, said the representatives of the stand.
Results of a population survey published on April 24 by the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia show that half (50.3 %) of the population of Latvia aged 16 and over were reading books (including e-books or audio books) in 2022.
From April 5 to April 26, public voting for the Latvian Literary Award 2023 (LALIGABA) is taking place on LSM's Latvian-language portal, allowing readers to express their literary preferences in various different cateogries.
From May 10 to 13, the international poetry festival "Page Break" will be held in Jelgava for the second time, gathering poets from 12 countries, the organizers have said.
Protesters voiced their opposition March 12 to plans to potentially remove a statue of Russian writer Alexander Pushkin from a Rīga park, reported Latvian Television.
On February 22, a new stamp will be released in honor of the 150th birthday of Latvian linguist Jānis Endzelīns (1873–1961), Latvian Postal Service (LP) said.
The Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Latvia and Estonia have announced the anual contest for the Latvian and Estonian Language Promotion Award (Languages Award).
The Latvian Literature platform has announced 2023's first open call for foreign publishers and translators to receive a grant for translating an publishing Latvian literature abroad.
Velta Sniķere, a Latvian poet, translator, and yoga teacher, has passed away aged 101, according to a statement by the University of Latvia's Institute of Literature, Folklore, and Art.
An international exhibition examining the life and works of the seminal Irish writer James Joyce has opened in the Latvian city of Cēsis on November 3.
Honoring the distinguished Latvian essayist, philosopher, writer, and translator Zenta Mauriņa on her 125th birthday, a postage stamp and envelope will be issued on October 28, Latvian Postal Service (Latvijas Pasts, LP) reported on October 26.
On October 12 , 120 books issued in Ukraine were handed over to the Latvian National Library (LNB) . This is the initiative of Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska, the “Ukrainian Book Shelf,” which takes place in a number of European countries, Latvian Television reported Wednesday.
On the National Language Day, Saturday, October 15, at 12:20 Rīga time the annual world dictation day in Latvian will take place simultaneously in Latvia and around the world for the eighth year in a row.
On the 155th birthday of Eduards Veidenbaums, on October 3, at 11:30, a new permanent exhibition “More Light!” will be opened at the Eduards Veidenbaums Memorial Museum, Kalāči, located between Cēsis and Valmiera in northern Latvia.
One of Latvia's best-loved poets, Lija Brīdaka, has passed away at the age of 90, it was confirmed September 19 by the Latvian Writers' Union.
On September 9 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Urmas Reinsalu met in Valka, Latvia and took part in a ceremony for the presentation of the Languages Award bestowed by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Latvia and Estonia.
On Friday, September 2, the international poetry festival “Poetry Days 2022” begins, which will continue until September 11 with a variety of events – poetry readings, performances, masterclasses – at various venues in Rīga. Events will take place throughout Latvia all September.
Latvia has lost one of its most distinctive and powerful literary voices with news of the death of poet Knuts Skujenieks, LTV's news department has confirmed.
June 16 sees the return of 'Bloomsday' to Latvia, a day of literary celebration with an Irish flavor that centers of James Joyce's modernist masterpiece 'Ulysses'.
On June 3, at the Ukrainian community center Common Ground in Andrejsala, a new bilingual Latvian-Ukranian primer textbook will be presented, said publisher Droši un Koši.
The Latvian National Library (LNB) has expressed its position on the future of the controversial Soviet monument in Uzvaras Park by photoshopping it out of publicity materials where it shows in the background, Latvian Radio reported May 17.
On May 1, the winners of the Latvian Literature Annual Awards 2022 (LALIGABA) in five main categories were announced and awarded on Latvian Television and LSM.lv. You can watch the awards ceremony above.
The Latvian writer, screenwriter and essayist Zigmunds Skujiņš passed away March 29, his daughter Inga Skujiņa has confirmed to LSM.lv.
The Latvian children's literature publishing house 'Liels un mazs' was awarded the Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year, (BOP) the Bologna Children's Book Fair announced on March 21.
Latvia's linguistic regulator, the State Language Center (VVC) has confirmed a list of official spellings of Ukrainian place names that are more in line with Ukrainian usage than Russian usage.
The Latvian publishing house "Liels un mazs" (Big and little) has been shortlisted for the 'Best Children's Publishers of the Year' prize at the 2022 Bologna Children's Book Fair, the Latvian Literature platform announced March 1.
A long list of people who use the Latvian language for a living have written an open letter to the State Language Center (Valsts valodas centrs, VVC) requesting that the official policy of using Latvian transliterations of Russian versions of Ukrainian place names be reversed.
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