Jānis Joņevs
Jānis Joņevs (born 1980 in Jelgava) is a Latvian writer. After studying at the local Gymnasium in Jelgava, he went to Riga for his higher education and earned a Master's degree from the Latvian Academy of Culture. Joņevs is best known for his debut novel Doom 94 (Jelgava 94) which was a bestseller upon its release in 2013. The book later won the European Union Prize for Literature.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ "Janis Jonevs". European Union Prize for Literature. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Janis Jonevs wins 2014 European Union Prize for Literature". The Baltic Course. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
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