Jānis Einfelds

Jānis Einfelds, born in 1967, is a Latvian writer, post-modernist. After studying electrician's trade at the Riga 46th Technical College,  Einfelds worked a factory job. His first publication was a tale Īsās ziemas kauja/ The Battle of the Short Winter, published in 1988, in the Pionieris magazine. He is the author of several stories, novels, novellas and other works of prose. In 1999, he wrote a script for the Tristran and Isolde chapter of the film Trīs stāsti par.../Three Stories About...The term einfeld has come to mean a certain principle of characterization in Latvian literature because of the particular style of the author. Jānis Einfelds works have been also published in the US and Germany. Einfelds is a member of the Latvian Writers' Union since 1996. In 1992, he received the Klāvs Elsbergs Literary Prize for his work in prose. His book Neļaudis/Non-peoples received the Annual Latvian Literature Award in 2005.

Svētlaimīgo zeme [The Blessed Land]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2021.

Armagedona cikls [The Cycle of Armagedon]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2019.

Dunduri un dēmoni [Gadflies and Demons]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2017.

Rīga [Riga]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2015.

Meļu dzīres [The Feast of Liars]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2009.

Palaidnis [Rascal]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2007.

Neļaudis [The Non-peoples]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2005.

Pornogrāfisko bildīšu tirgotājs [Merchant of Pornographic Pictures]. Riga: Pētergailis, 2001.

Veči [The Old Men]. Riga: Pētergailis, 1999.

Cūku grāmata [The Book of Pigs]. Riga: Karogs, 1996.

Mēness bērns [Moonchild]. Riga: Preses nams, 1995.








 

About The Blessed Land // Online magazine Satori, 2021 [LV]

Janis Einfelds, artist's profile //  The Council of the Creative Unions of Latvia [EN; LV]

Interview with Jānis Einfelds // Online magazine Satori, 2007 [LV]

About Rascal // Onlinet magazine Satori, 2007 [LV]

Mārtiņa Kreicberga vienīgā, story by Einfelds // Online magazine Satori, 2005 [LV]

Jūlija Dibovska, Nepareizi nolasīta zāļu recepte, review of The Blessed Land // Online magazine Punctum, 2021 [LV]

Jūlija Dibovska, Pāridarījums, review of Gadflies and Demons // Online magazine Satori, 2017 [LV]

Guntis Berelis, review of Rascal // Guntis Berelis literary blog, 2007 [LV]

Dace Sparāne, Palaidnis Einfelds un zilais vilks, review of Rascal // Online magazine Satori, 2007 [LV]

Guntis Berelis, Einfelds un kosmiskā miskaste, review of The Old Men // Guntis Berelis literary blog, 2010 [LV]

Guntis Berelis, Episka pastaiga pie literatūras robežām, review of The Book of Pigs // Guntis Berelis literary blog, 1996 [LV]

Guntis Berelis, Einfelda ABC, review of Moonchild // Guntis Berelis literary blog, 1995 [LV]

2005, the Annual Latvian Literary Award for The Non-Peoples

1992, Klāvs Elsbergs Prize for The Non-Peoples