Džena Andersone

Džena Andersone (1977) – lawyer, writer. Džena studied writing in the Literary Academy’s prose workshops. In 2021, her debut collection of stories "Dadži" [Thistles] was published. She participated in the festival Prose Readings various times, with the stories “Kāds pieskaras rokai” [Someone Touches the Hand], “Plauksta, aizšauta acīm priekšā” [Palm, Held in Front of the Eyes], “Dzeltenās podziņas” [The Yellow Buttions] and “Skapī” [In the Closet].

Herbārijs ar leduspuķēm [A Herbarium with Ice Flowers]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2024. 

Krīta apļi [Chalk circles]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2023.

Sainis [The Parcel]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2022.

Dadži [Thistles]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2021.

Damirs Hāns spēlē šahu [Damir Hans Plays Chess] (in the October issue of the online magazine Domuzīme), 2021.

Audio conversation with Anna Belkovska, Edvards Kuks, Džena Andersone // Latvijas Sabiedriskie Mediji, 2022 [LV]

Baiba Kušķe on "Dadži" [Thistles] // review of "Thistles" // Latvijas Sabiedriskie Mediji, 2022 [LV]

2022, shortlisted for the Annual Latvian Literature Award for Dadži [Thistles]

2022, at the Egon Līvs Memorial Prize 'Coastal People 2022' award ceremony, her book “Dadži” [Thistle] received recognition and was honoured as a contribution to Latvian literature