Artūrs Punte
Biography
Artūrs Punte (1977) is a poet, editor and multimedia artist. Artūrs Punte has edited numerous poetry collections, together with Alexander Zapol he has been an editor of the anthology Современная русская поэзия Латвии. 1985 – 2005/Contemporary Russian Poetry in Latvia: 1985 – 2005. He is one of the founders of multimedia poetry project Orbita – a creative group of Latvian-Russian poets and artists, whose works create dialogue among various genres (literature, music, video, photography, VJ, web, etc.) and cultures. Orbita has organized poetry-video and multi-media art festivals "Word in Motion" (Latvia, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, and 2011). Orbita also strives to seek new ways of print publishing and book design. Artūrs Punte's poems have been translated into English, German and other languages. Artūrs Punte lives in Riga and writes in Russian and Latvian.
Bibliography
Jercēnu pagasta nezāļu herbārijs [Weed Herbarium of Jercēni Local Municipality]. Riga: Orbita, 2019.
Orbita: The Project. United Kingdom: Arc Publications, 2018.
Hit Parade: The Orbita Group. ed. Kevin M.F . Platt NY: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2015.
Поэтические посвящения [Poetic Dedications]. Riga: Orbita, 2013.
Orbita's collective book Worüber schweigen Freunde [What Friends Don't Speak About]. Berlin: Edition Bodoni, 2012.
Иди - Иди/ Nāc – nāc [Come – come]. 1998.
Холмы без меня [Hills Without Me]. 1996.
Articles
Lauris Veips. Saying what you mean: trends in recent Latvian poetry // Versopolis, March 2023 [EN]
Monika Bertašiūtė, conversation with Orbita // 15min.lt, 2020 [LT]
Audio conversation with Artūrs Punte // Latvijas Sabiedriskie Mediji, 2019 [LV]
Selected poems from Weed Herbarium of Jercēni Local Municipality // Internet magazine Satori.lv, 2019 [LV]
About Weed Herbarium of Jercēni Local Municipality // Diena.lv, 2019 [LV]
About Weed Herbarium of Jercēni Local Municipality // Internet magazine Punctum.lv, 2019 [LV]
Laura Brokāne conversation with Orbita // Internet magazine Punctum.lv, 2018 [LV]
Agita Salmiņa conversation with Artūrs Punte // Artteritoy.com, 2014 [LV]
Selected poems // Internet magazine Satori.lv, 2004 [LV]
What Friends Don't Speak About // Edition Bodoni Internet Shop [DE]
Reviews
Anda Baklāne, Nav jau tā, ka tagad viss notiktu pēc mūsu prāta, review of Weed Herbarium of Jercēni Local Municipality // Online magazine Satori, 2019 [LV]
Jade Cuttle, review of Orbita: The Project // Modern Poetry in Translation, 2019 [EN]
Ilva Skulte, Izlūka gājiens, review of Poetic Dedications // Diena.lv, 2013 [LV]
Awards
2014, Annual Book Art Competition Zelta ābele 2014 for Poetic Dedications
2014, Creative excellence festival Adwards 2014 prize in PrintArt Award category for Poetic Dedications
2014, The Baltic Book Art Award for Poetic Dedications
2012, Orbita's poetry installation Radio-wall nominated for Purvītis Prize
2005, the Annual Latvian Literary Award for Orbita's audio-video collection Orbīta 4
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