Knuts Skujenieks

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born

September 05, 1936 in Rīga, Latvia

gender

male

genre

Poetry, Nonfiction

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Knuts Skujenieks (born September 5, 1936 in Riga) is a Latvian poet, journalist, and translator from fifteen European languages.

He spent his childhood near Bauska, Zemgale (Southern Latvia). Skujenieks later studied at University of Latvia in Riga and at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow.

In 1962, he was convicted of anti-Soviet activities, and sentenced to seven years in prison camp in Mordovia, Russia. Although he was and is a prolific poet, he could publish his first collection of poetry only in 1978. The poems he wrote during his captivity were published in 1990. Skujenieks' poetry has been translated into many European languages. Books of his poetry have been published in Sweden and Ukraine.

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Average rating: 3.91 · 11 ratings · 0 reviews · 23 distinct works

	Mūžīgs pusmēness 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1993	My rating:
	Dzeja. Vēstules. Miscelāniji 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Runātais. Rakstītais. Stāstītais 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Dzeja 1980-1986. Raksti par atdzeju un cittautu rakstnieku portreti 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Atdzeja 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Latviešu literatūras kritika 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Dzeja 1969-1980 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Eiropas tautu dziesmas 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Dzeja 1963-1969 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 536	My rating:
	Poga 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating: