Jaunā Gaita nr. 320. pavasaris 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

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L I T E R A T U R E

Selections of poetry are from Dainis Deigelis, Nora Kalna, Velta Kaltiņa, Laima Martinskis, Anete Pulkstene, Elīna Rībena and Arnolds Ščuckis.

Short stories are by Lāsma Gaitniece, Evita Hofmane, Patrīcija Preisa and Līga Rimša.

 

S C I E N C E

Ivars Kalviņš, president of the Latvian Academy of Science, warns of an approaching crossroads in political attitudes toward science in Latvia. 

 

L A N G U A G E

Publicist Ainārs Zelčs argues that what some call the Latgalian dialect of the Latvian langauge is in fact the original Latvian language.

 

H I S T O R Y

Philologist/historian Jānis Zālītis looks into the life of writer Jānis Larri (1900-1977), who was sentenced to 15 years in the Gulag for criticizing Stalin under a pseudonym.

 

M E M O I R

Writer and journalist Maija Migla Streiča recounts with humor some instances of mistaken identity between her husband Ēriks Streičs and his twin brother, film director Jānis Streičs.

 

T H E A T E R

Atis Rozentāls, theater critic and news editor for Latvia’s daily newspaper Diena, writes about professional theater offerings for children.

 

V I S U A L   A R T

Art historian Baiba Magdalena Eglīte writes about the artistic achievements of Ģertrūde Zeile, from the Latgale region of Latvia, and describes an exhibit of the art of New York based Gerda Roze at the Global Center for Latvian Art in Cēsis, Latvia.

JG art editor Linda Treija gives an account of the opening of an exhibit of the art of Egils Rozenbergs in the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in Almonte, Canada, and of the recipient of this year’s Anšlavs Eglītis and Veronika Janelsiņa award, Rita Grendze.

 

E S S A Y

Writer/publicist Andrejs Zeibots looks deeply into the prose and poetry of Krista Anna Belševica, especially her most recent offering, manifestācijas.

 

B O O K   R E V I E W S

  • Dagnija Dreika reviews Ugunsvieta (Place of Fire), poetry by Brinda Ceriņa,

  • Jūlija Dibovska: Nicolas Auzanneau’s  Bibliuguiansie, translated from the French by Jānis Joņevs as Biblihigianse,

  • Sanita Dāboliņa: Ēriks Vilsons. Pēc otrā zvana (After the Second Bell), a novel,

  • Agija Ābiķe: Edvīns Raups. Laiks ir jau ievilcies (Time Has Already Steeped), a collection of poems,

  • Ingus Barovskis: Zintis Sils. Apvārsnis (Horizon), a collection of short stories,

  • Eva Mārtuža: Ēriks Hānbergs. Manas vakardienas šodienās (My Yesterdays These Days) a memoir, and

  • Laimdota Ločmele: Dace Rukšāne. Lu-lū un Eņģelis (Lulu and the Angel) a historical novel set in 1990’s Latvia.

 

I N  M E M O R I A M

Dainis Īvāns, the first chairman of the Popular Front of Latvia (1988-1990) pays tribute to the life of poet/politician Jānis Peters (1939-2025).

 

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