Juris Kronbergs

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Juris Kronbergs
2013 photo
Born	(1946-08-09)August 9, 1946 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	July 6, 2020(2020-07-06) (aged 73) Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation	Poet and translator
Nationality	Latvia
Genre	Poetry
Notable works	Vilks vienacis (1996)

Juris Kronbergs (9 August 1946 – 6 July 2020) was a Latvian-Swedish poet and translator who lived in Stockholm.

In Latvia, he is best known for his poetry, written in Latvian. His most acknowledged book is Vilks vienacis (Wolf One-Eye, 1996), which has been published in Swedish, English and Estonian. In Sweden, Kronbergs was the most prolific translator of Latvian literature into Swedish. Since the late 1970s, he translated numerous volumes of poetry and fiction by Imants Ziedonis, Vizma Belševica, Knuts Skujenieks, Uldis Bērziņš, Sandra Kalniete, , , and other authors, as well as an anthology of Latvian poetry and a selection of Latvian folk-songs.

During the 1990s Kronbergs worked as a cultural attaché in the Latvian embassy in Stockholm.

Bibliography[]

The Bibliography sub-sections require additional translation from Latvian into English

Poetry[]

• Pazemes dzeja [dzejlapa]. Stockholm, 1970.
• Iesnas un citi dzejoļi. Kopenhāgena: Imanta, 1971.
• Biszāles. Stokholma: Daugava, 1976.
• De närvarande [Klātesošie; in Swedish]. Stockholm: Norstedt & Söners Förlag, 1984.
• Tagadnes. Stokholma: Daugava, 1990.
• Laiks [with Uldi Bērziņu]. Rīga: Zinātne, 1994.
• Varg Enögd/Vilks Vienacis. Rīga: Minerva, 1996.
• Notikumu apvārsnis. Rīga: Jumava, 2002.
• Rudens mani raksta. Rīga: Valters un Rapa, 2005.
• Peti-šu. Rīga: Neputns, 2005.
• Vilks Vienacis [2. edition]. Rīga: Mansards, 2008.
• Ik diena. Rīga: Mansards, 2011.
• Uz balkona/Bet ja visu laiku... Rīga: Dienas grāmata, 2016.

Juvenile books[]

• Mākoņu grāmata. R.: Liels un mazs (2010)
• The Book of Clouds. Trans. Richard O'Brien. The Emma Press (2018)

Selected works[]

• Par īstenību, četrām sāpēm un bezizejas istabu. R.: Artava (1989)
• Mana latviskā ikdiena/ dzeja. Rīga (1994)
• Trimdas anatomija / Dzejoļu izlase 1970-1991; Dzejoļi ārpus krājumiem. R.: Mansards (2009)

Books in other languages[]

• De närvarande [Klātesošie; in Swedish]. Stockholm: Norstedt & Söners Förlag, 1984.
• Wolf One-Eye [Vilks Vienacis; in English]. Todmorden: Arc Publications, 2006.
• Maa-alune luule [dzejas izlase; in Estonian]. Loomingu Raamatukogu, 2007.
• Vilkas Vienakis [Vilks Vienacis; in Latvian]. Atdz. Vladas Braziūnas. Vilnius: Kronta, 2008.
• Loup Borgne [Vilks Vienacis; in French]. Buchet Chastel, 2010.
• The Book of Clouds [Mākoņu grāmata; in English]. The Emma Press, 2018.
• [Mākoņu grāmata] [in Korean]. Totobook, 2018.

Translations into Latvian[]

• Frick L. Vai aļņi ēd suņus? [from Swedish, juvenile book]. Stockholm: Atvase (1983)
• Mani zviedri [mūsdienu zviedru dzejnieku izlase, sast. un tulk. ]. R.: Nordik (2000)
• Eriksons U. Stikla cilvēki [from Swedish,]. R.: Jāņa Rozes apgāds (2010)
• Transtremers T. Dzeja [from Swedish, with Godiņš G.]. R.: Mansards (2011)
• Andersons K. Laimīgs cilvēks [from Swedish, with Godiņš G.]. R.: Mansards (2012)
• Bergrēns T. Intifada [from Swedish, with Godiņš G.]. R.: Mansards (2013)
• Frostensone K. Plūdu laiks [from Swedish, with Godiņš G.]. R.: Mansards (2013)
• Junsons A. Reidž [from Swedish, with Godiņš G.]. R.: Mansards (2013)
• Lundkviste M. Mirušo grāmata [from Swedish, with Godiņš G.]. R.: Mansards (2013)
• Sonnevi J. Mazas skaņas; viena balss [from Swedish, with Godiņš G.]. R.: Mansards (2013)

Translations into Swedish[]

Juris Kronbergs translated poetry, prose and other works of many Latvian writers into Swedish.

Grāmatās iznākušas daudzu latviešu autoru dzejoļu izlases — pārstāvēti Vizma Belševica, Knuts Skujenieks, Imants Ziedonis, Aleksandrs Čaks, , , , , un citi autori.

Other works[]

• Dvēsele uz grīdas. LP/ (J. K. lasa pāris savu dzejoļu) (1974)
• Vilks Vienacis. CD/ K. Graša mūzika (2003)
• Varg Enögd. CD/ K. Graša mūzika (2004)

External links[]

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