Ligija Purinaša (1991) is a poet and journalist writing in Latgalian and Latvian. She has published two collections of poems: Sīvīte [Woman, 2019], which was shortlisted in the Best Debut category at the Annual Latvian Literature Awards in 2020, and Pierobežas [Borderlands, 2022], which was longlisted in the Best Poetry Collection at said awards in 2023. Both books were also shortlisted for the Annual Latvian Literature Award in 2020 and 2023. In 2020 her poems were included in a bilingual Latgalian poetry anthology entitled The Last Model / Pādejais modeļs (Francis Boutle Publishers). Her poems have also been translated into German and Czech.
Pierobežas [Borderlands]. Rezekne: Hronologeja, 2022.
Sīvīte [Woman]. Rezekne: Hronologeja, 2019.
Books to fall for
A series of poetry reading: From Faroes and Latvia to Biggar // Thenational Scot, October, 2023 [EN]
Ligija Purinaša: I remember how you wanted me to promise you that our children would never speak Latgalian // Kalba.eu, June 2023 [CZ]
IntroversIon - poetry from Latvia // Signaturen-magazine, January 2023 [GER]
Video conversation with Ligija Purinaša // ReTV Youtube channel, 2020 [LTG]
Conversation with Ligija Purinaša // Diena.lv, 2020 [LV]
Conversation with Ligija Purinaša // Ubi Sunt, University of Latvia, 2020 [LV]
Conversation and poems by Ligija Purinaša // LA.lv, 2019 [LV]
2023, longlisted in the Best Poetry Collection category at the Annual Latvian Literature Awards
2023, Latgalian Annual Culture Award "Boņuks" for Borderlands
2020, shortlisted for the Annual Latvian Literature Award best debut for Woman
2019, Latgalian Annual Culture Award "Boņuks" for best debut for Woman
The Last Model
The Last Model (Pādejais Modeļs)
Title
: The Last ModelTitle*
: Pādejais ModeļsAuthors
: , ,Translated by
:Genre
:Anthology
Language
:English
Publisher
:Francis Boutle Publishers, United Kingdom
Pages
:94
Year
:2020
Copyrights
:The authors, the translator
Synopsis
:Bilingual anthology of Latgalian poets.
Mir war, als ob es klopfte. Neue Gedichte aus Lettland
Mir war, als ob es klopfte. Neue Gedichte aus Lettland (Latviešu laikmetīgās dzejas antoloģija)
Title
: Mir war, als ob es klopfte. Neue Gedichte aus LettlandTitle*
: Latviešu laikmetīgās dzejas antoloģijaAuthors
: , , , , , , , , , , ,Genre
:Poetry
Language
:German
Publisher
:Parasitenpresse
Pages
:122
Year
:2023
Copyrights
:The authors
