Laura Vinogradova (1984) is a writer of prose and children’s literature. She obtained a degree from the Riga Technical University, studying business. In 2016 she won the Kurzeme Prose reading award, thus gaining the opportunity to represent herself in Riga as well. Her debut book for children Snīpulītis no Snīpuļciems (2017) was immediately followed by two collections of stories – Izelpas [Exhale] (2018) and Lāču kalns [Bear Mountain] (2018). In 2019 Laura Vinogradova published two children’s books - Tales of the Woods. The forest dormouse, the ants, the she-wolf and the owlet and Tales of the Woods. The grass snake and the deer. In 2021 Vinogradova's prose The River was shortlisted for the Annual Latvian Literature Award.
Upe [The River]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2020.
Mežpasakas. Par Meža Susuri, skudrām, Vilceni un Pūces Bērnu [Tales of the Woods. The forest dormouse, the ants, the she-wolf and the owlet]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2019.
Mežpasakas. Par Zalktēnu un stirnu meitenēm [Tales of the Woods. The grass snake and the deer]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2019.
Izelpas [Exhale]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2018.
Lāču kalns [Bear Mountain]. Pope: Pope Hope Love, 2018.
Lapsa. Pasaka pieaugušajiem [Fox. Fairy tale for adults]. Selfpublished, 2017.
Snīpulītis no Snīpuļciema. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2017.
Books to fall for
Tales of the Woods. The forest dormouse, the ants, the she-wolf and the owlet
Tales of the Woods. The forest dormouse, the ants, the she-wolf and the owlet (Mežpasakas. Par Meža Susuri, skudrām, Vilceni un Pūces Bērnu)
This book contains three imaginative stories about the creatures of the forest, their journeys and those of others, about forgiveness and courage, friendship and acceptance.
Contact: apgads@zvaigzne.lv
Title
:Tales of the Woods. The forest dormouse, the ants, the she-wolf and the owlet
Title*
:Mežpasakas. Par Meža Susuri, skudrām, Vilceni un Pūces Bērnu
Authors
:Illustrators
:Ieva Ozola
Genre
:Childrens-book
Publisher
:Zvaigzne ABC
Pages
:46
Year
:2019
Foreign rights
:All languages available
Tales of the Woods. The grass snake and the deer
Tales of the Woods. The grass snake and the deer (Mežpasakas. Par Zalktēnu un stirnu meitenēm)
This book holds two stories about the creatures of the forest that reveal the most important values in life. In “The Story of Acceptance”, the beautiful and nimble Grass Snake discovers, with the help of the Old Badger, that he can do so many things specifically because he is a snake – a reptile – and not a four-legged or two- legged creature. In “The Story of Love”, two deer named Louise and Moona realize that knowing how to forgive is more important than knowing how to dance, and that love has neither rules nor boundaries.
Contact: apgads@zvaigzne.lv
Title
:Tales of the Woods. The grass snake and the deer
Title*
:Mežpasakas. Par Zalktēnu un stirnu meitenēm
Authors
:Illustrators
:Ieva Ozola
Genre
:Childrens-book
Publisher
:Zvaigzne ABC
Pages
:46
Year
:2019
Foreign rights
:All languages available
Agnieszka Smarzewska. European Union Prize for Literature 2021: Laura Vinogradova, Maxim Grigoriev, Sigrún Pálsdóttir // Przeglad Baltycki, November 2021 [PL]
Conversation with Laura Vinogradova // Online magazine Punctum, 2021 [LV]
About The River // Laligaba.lv, 2021 [LV]
About The River // Latvijas Sabiedriskie Mediji, 2020 [LV]
Conversation with Laura Vinogradova // LA.lv, 2020 [LV]
"To Trim the Wings" by Laura Vinogradova // Online magazine Punctum, 2019 [LV]
"Coffee and Strawberries" by Laura Vinogradova // Online magazine Punctum, 2018 [LV]
Reviews
Bārbala Simsone, Izaicinošā sievišķība, review of Exhale // Jaunā Gaita Nr. 296, 2019 [LV]
2021, European Union Prize for Literature for The River
2021, shortlisted for the Annual Latvian Literature Award for The River
Upė
Upė (Upe)
Title
: UpėTitle*
: UpeAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:Lithuanian
Publisher
:Odilė
Pages
:120
Year
:2022
Copyrights
:the author
Synopsis
:Ruth unexpectedly inherits her father's farmhouse by the river. She has never known her father, Jules, but she knows all too well the pain of her painful childhood and her sister who disappeared ten years ago.
Pekama
Pekama (Upe)
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: PekamaTitle*
: UpeAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:Bulgarian
Publisher
:Colibri
Pages
:152
Year
:2022
Copyrights
:the author
Synopsis
:Ruth unexpectedly inherits her father's farmhouse by the river. She has never known her father, Jules, but she knows all too well the pain of her painful childhood and her sister who disappeared ten years ago.
