Arno Jundze

Populārais kultūras žurnālists un literatūrzinātnieks Arno Jundze jau sarakstījis divas bērnu grāmatas, stāstu krājumu “Gardo vistiņu nedēļa” (2012) un romānu pieaugušajiem “Putekļi smilšu pulkstenī” (2014)

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Valérie Perrin est une romancière française. Elle est aussi photographe de plateau et scénariste auprès de son compagnon Claude Lelouch.
Son premier roman, "Les oubliés du dimanche" (2015), a reçu de nombreux prix, dont celui de Lire Élire 2016 et de Poulet-Malassis 2016. Après son succès en France, il sort en Italie en septembre 2016 et en Allemagne début 2017.
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Alberts Bels (līdz 1971. gadam Jānis Cīrulis)mācījies Elektrotehnikas fakultātē Celtniecības tehnikumā Rīgā, no 1955. gada līdz 1956. gadam Maskavā Valsts Cirka mākslas skolā, pēc obligātās karaklausības kā eksterns beidzis vidusskolu Rīgā. Mācījies Augstākajos scenāristu kursos Maskavā. Kopš 1963. gada nodarbojas ar rakstniecību. No 1990. līdz 1993. gadam Latvijas Republikas Augstākās padomes deputāts.
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Nora Ikstena is a prose writer and essayist. Ikstena is one of the most visible and influential prose writers in Latvia, known for elaborat style and detailed approach to language. After obtaining a degree in Philology from the University of Latvia in 1992, she went on to study English literature at Columbia University. In her prose, Nora Ikstena often reflects on life, love, death and faith. Soviet Milk (2015, shortlisted for the Annual Literature Award for best prose), Besa (2012), Celebration of Life (1998), The Virgin's Lesson (2001) are some of her most widely appreciated novels.

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Before she became one of Sweden’s most popular crime writers, Camilla Läckberg (b. 1974) worked as a marketing director and product manager for several years. Her first two crime novels, Isprinsessan (The Ice Princess) and Predikanten (The Preacher), received rave reviews from the Swedish press and quickly found a large readership. But her big breakthrough came when Stenhuggaren (The Stonecutter) was nominated for The Crime Novel of the Year award in 2005, and also when Olycksfågeln (The Stranger) and Tyskungen (The Hidden Child) were made lead titles in Bonnier’s Book Club.

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Rainis

Rainis (the pseudonym of Jānis Pliekšāns) was a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician. Rainis' works include the classic plays Uguns un nakts (Fire and Night, 1905) and Indulis un Ārija (Indulis and Ārija, 1911), and a highly regarded translation of Goethe's Faust. His works had a profound influence on the literary Latvian language, and the ethnic symbolism he employed in his major works has been central to Latvian nationalism.
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