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M?ris ?aklais
M?ris ?aklais in 1973
Born	( 1940-06-16 ) 16 June 1940 Saldus , Latvia
Died	13 December 2003 (2003-12-13) (aged 63) R?ga , Latvia
Occupation(s)	Poet, writer

M?ris ?aklais (16 June 1940 ? 13 December 2003) was a Latvian poet, writer, and journalist. ^[1]

Biography [ edit ]

?aklais studied journalism at the University of Latvia until 1964; his first publications appeared in 1960. He translated to Latvian Bertolt Brecht , Paul Celan , Hans Magnus Enzensberger , and Rainer Maria Rilke , among others. He also wrote the lyrics, which were set to Imants Kalni?? ' music in the movie directed by Rolands Kalni?? , Four White Shirts and Ferenc Molnar 's play "Liliom".

?aklais worked at the newspapers "Literat?ra un M?ksla" (Literature and Art) and "Literat?ra un M?ksla Latvij?” (Literature and Art in Latvia), and for the Radio Free Europe . In 2000, ?aklais was a member of the Latvian delegation to the European writers project Literature Express Europe 2000 . From 2000 to 2003, he was the editor-in-chief of the literary journal Karogs .

Following re-establishing of Latvian independence in 1990, ?aklais received the Fridtjof Nansen International Award (1994), the Latvian Annual Literature Award (2000), the Order of the Three Stars (2000), and the Herder Prize (2002).

He died in Riga in 2003.

Bibliography [ edit ]

Poetry [ edit ]

• Pagaidu latvietis [A Provisional Latvian]. Riga: Elpa (2002)
• Mana m?jas lapa tavai m?jas lapai [From My Homepage to Yours]. Riga: J??a Rozes apg?ds (2000)
• Vientu?? rite?brauc?js [A Lonely Cyclist]. Riga: Preses nams (1997)
• Izg?ja bulv?r? Br?v?ba [The Freedom Went Out on the Boulevard]. (1994)
• Slepeni ugunskuri [Secret Bonfires]. (1992)
• Labr?t, Herakl?t! [Good Morning, Heraclitus!]. Riga: Liesma (1989)
• M?lnieks atgrie?as noziegumviet? [A Lover Returns to the Crime Scene]. (1989)
• Cilv?ksauciena att?lum? [At a Shouting Distance]. Riga: Liesma (1984)
• Kurzemes klade [A Notebook of Kurzeme]. Riga: Liesma (1982)
• Pulkste?u ezers [A Lake of Clocks]. Riga: Liesma (1979)
• Strautuguns [The Glitter of a Stream]. Riga: Liesma (1978)
• Cilv?ks, uzarta zeme [A Man, Ploughed Land]. Riga: Liesma (1976)
• Sastr?gumstunda [The Peak Hour]. Riga: Liesma (1974)
• Z??u diena [A Day of Flowers]. Riga: Liesma (1972)
• Lapas balss [The Voice of a Leaf]. Riga: Liesma (1969)
• K?j?mg?j?js un m???ba [A Walker and the Eternity]. Riga: Liesma (1967)
• Pirmdiena [Monday]. Riga: Liesma (1965)

Children's books [ edit ]

• Jautr? govs, skumj? govs/ proza [A Happy Cow, a Gloomy Cow/ fiction]. Riga: P?tergailis (2002)
• Apr??a pilieni [The Droplets of April]. Riga: Liesma (1990)
• ?ocis [The Little Old Basket]. Riga: Liesma (1984)
• Minkuparks [Kitty Park]. Riga: Liesma (1978)
• Bimm-bamm. Riga: Liesma (1973)
• Divi dz?vi zald?ti?i un citas pasakas [Two Live Soldiers and Other Tales]. Riga: Likte?st?sti (1966)

Other writings [ edit ]

• Profesion?lis un ziedlapi?as [A Professional and Flower Petals]. Riga: Liesma (1985)
• Nozagt? glieme?n?ca [The Stolen Seashell]. Riga: Liesma (1980)
• Saule rakst?mgald? [The Sun in the Writing Desk]. Riga: Liesma (1975)
• Dzer avotu, ce?iniek [Drink from the Spring, Traveler]. Riga: Liesma (1969)
• Izaicin?jums. Pirm? Latvijas Valsts prezidente Vaira V??e-Freiberga [A Challenge: the First Woman President of Latvia, Vaira V??e-Freiberga]. Riga: P?tergailis (2003)
• Gaismas kungs jeb s?ga par Gunaru Birkertu [The Lord of Light or a Saga on Gun?rs Birkerts]. Riga: P?tergailis (2002)
• ImKa (par komponistu Imantu Kalni?u) [about composer Imants Kalni??, ImKa: Imants Kalni?? in Time and Space]. Riga: Jumava (1998)
• Laiks iegrav? sejas [Time Engraves Faces]. Riga: J??a Rozes apg?ds (2000)
• Dzeguzes balss (dzeja) [The Voice of a Cuckoo (poetry)]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC (2000)
• Uzraksti uz s?tas [Writing on a Fence]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC (1999)
• ?etri balti krekli (dzeja) [Four White Shirts (poetry)]. Riga: Liesma (1991)
• Uz man?m trep?m (dzeja) [Come To My Stairwell (poetry)]. Riga: Liesma (1979)
• Sp?dola un putnusu?i. 50 m?las dzejo?i [Spidola and the Bird-dogs. 50 love poems]. Riga: Likte?st?sti (1977)
• Vi?i dejoja vienu vasaru. Dziesmu teksti [They Danced for Only One Summer. Song lyrics]. Riga: Likte?st?sti (1966)

Literature [ edit ]

• Rolfs Ekmanis . Harmonizer of disharmony. Latvian poet and editor M?ris ?aklais . Journal of Baltic Studies. Vol 40. No. 2. June 2009. pp. 215?243, Latvian translation: jaunagaita.net

References [ edit ]