Kārlis Vērdiņš

One of the most versatile poets writing in the Baltic, Latvian Kārlis Vērdiņš is a renowned critic and a prize winning poet. His selected poems in English translation "Come to Me" (translated by Ieva Lešinska) was published by Arc Publications in 2015. His books were published also in Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, French, Russian, Spanish, and Slovenian translation.

Studējis kultūras teoriju Latvijas Kultūras akadēmijā (1998-2004), ieguvis doktora grādu Latvijas Universitātē (2009). Dzeju publicējis kopš 1997. gada, iznākuši dzejoļu krājumi – „Ledlauži”, „Biezpiens ar krējumu”, "Es" un "Pieaugušie".

Kopš 2007. gada strādā LU Literatūras, folkloras un mākslas institūtā. No 2010. līdz 2015. strādājis literārā žurnāla "Latvju Teksti" redakcijā. Vē

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