Elvīra Bloma

Poet Elvīra Bloma, born in 1986, has studied cultural theory and theology, and works at the Rainis and Aspazija Museum. She investigates the internal and external reality and truth as mediated by poetry, often striving to tear down boundaries and explore what hides beyond.

Viņam patīk šie dzejoļi [He Likes These Poems]. Rīga: Punctum, 2024.

Izdzēstie attēli [Erased Images]. Riga: Orbita, 2020. 

Monta Kroma. Re:. Riga: Punctum, 2019. 

Satori grāmatžurnāls Nr.2 Receptes [Satori Bookazine Nr.2 Recipes]. Riga: Biedrība Ascendum, 2018.

Aspazija. Rainis. Reloaded. Riga: Biedrība Ascendum, 2018. 

‘Here you can listen to the sound of Wi-Fi:’ 2 poems by Latvian poet Elvira Bloma // Calvert Journal, January 2022 [ENG]

Interview with Elvīra Bloma // Diena.lv, 2020 [LV]

About Erased Images // Online magazine Satori, 2020 [LV]

Conversation with Elvīra Bloma // LA.lv, 2019 [LV]

Poetry reading video "Monta Kroma. Re:" // Multinews.lv youtube chanel, 2019 [LV]

Selected poems // Online magazine Satori, 2017 [LV]

Selected poems // Online magazine Punctum, 2016 [LV]

Poem by Elvīra Bloma // Online magazine Satori, 2015 [LV]

Poem by Elvīra Bloma // Online magazine Satori, 2014 [LV]

Prose excerpt by Elvīra Bloma // Online magazine Satori, 2005 [LV]

Tuomas Taskien & Gunta Paavola. Delightfully surprising poetry from Latvia // Kiiltomato, January 2022 [FI]

Anna Auziņa, Dzejniece ne tik parastā, review of Erased Images // Online magazine Satori, 2020 [LV]

Māra Ulme, Kur noglabāt izdzēstos attēlus?, review of Erased Images // Ubi Sunt, University of Latvia, 2020 [LV]

Kārlis Vērdiņš, Ekfrāzes parastās, review of Erased Images // Online magazine Punctum, 2020 [LV]

2021, shortlisted for the Annual Latvian Literature Award for Erased Images