Jānis Tomašs

Jānis Tomašs was born in 1984, Vecpiebalga, and currently lives in Riga. Tomašs studied in Vecpiebalga gymnasium, Smiltene Technical School (chef, waiter), and now works in the Riga Municipal Police. His literary works have earned him the Annual Latvian Literature Award for best debut – poetry collection Melnie darba cimdi [The Black Work Gloves], as well as A Kilogram of Culture Award in Literature 2016, and Dzintars Sodums Award for innovation in literature.

Smagatlētika [Heavy Athelics]. Riga: Pētergailis, 2019. 

Melnie darba cimdi [The Black Work Gloves]. Riga: Pētergailis, 2016.

Don't look the Latvian in the eye. Ball of introverts. Anthology of new Latvian poetry // Sirp, January, 2023 [EE]

About Heavy Athletics // Online magazine Satori, 2019 [LV]

Interview with the author // laligaba.lv, 2017 [LV]

Kusiņa-Šulca, Es esmu kļuvis imūns, about Jānis Tomašs // LA.lv, 2016 [LV]

Krista Anna Belševica, Es jums iemācīšu mīlēt Jāni Tomašu, review of Heavy Athletics // Online magazine Punctum, 2019 [LV]

Aleksandra Breice, Vājais stiprais dzimums jeb balts uz melna, review of The Black Work Gloves // Online magazine Satori, 2016 [LV]

2017, the Annual Latvian Literature Award for The Black Work Gloves

2017, Dzintars Sodums Award for innovation in literature

2016, A Kilogram in Culture Award in Literature