Jānis Vādons
Biography
Jānis Vādons (né Jānis Veckrācis) was born in 1979. Vādons has studied translation, entrepreneurship and linguistics. He holds a doctoral degree in philology (2017). Since 2013, he is a professor at the Ventspils University of Applied Sciences. His works have been published since 2007. Vādons' first collection of poems Virve/ The Rope was published in 2011, and shortlisted for the Annual Latvian Literature Award for best debut. Among his greatest influences with regards to poetry are Latvian writers like Ojārs Vācietis, Pēters Brūveris, and Amanda Aizpuriete, as well as various Russian, American, Polish, Spanish, and Portuguese authors. Since 2015, he is one of the editors of the Domuzīme magazine. In 2020 his collection of poems The Form of Silence was awarded the Annual Latvian Literature Award.
Bibliography
Klusuma forma [The Form of Silence]. Riga: Pētergailis, 2019.
Pagaidām iesāpas elpa [Breath Aches For Now]. Riga: Pētergailis, 2014.
Virve [The Rope]. Riga: Pētergailis, 2011.
Translations of Joseph Brodsky’s poems, in the Russian-Latvian bilingual volume Izlase
[Selected Poems], Riga: Neputns, 2009.
Articles
About The Shape of Silence // Online magazine Punctum, 2019 [LV]
About The Shape of Silence // Latvijas Sabiedriskie Mediji, 2019 [LV]
Interview and poems by Jānis Vādons // LA.lv, 2014 [LV]
Interview with Jānis Vādons // Delfi.lv, 2012 [LV]
Jānis Vādons, poetry // Online magazine Satori, 2012 [LV]
Jānis Vādons, poetry //Jaunā Gaita No. 260. Spring 2010 [LV]
Reviews
Ivars Šteinbergs, Nodevīgā valoda, review of The Shape of Silence // Online magazine Punctum, 2019 [LV]
Henriks Eliass Zēgners, Elpa, putns, bērns, ēnas, upe, review of Breath Aches For Now // Online magazine Satori, 2014 [LV]
Arvis Viguls, Pagaidām, review of Breath Aches For Now // Diena.lv, 2014 [LV]
Ronalds Briedis, Anda Baklāne, Liāna Langa, review of The Rope, nominated for the Annual Latvian Literature Award // Delfi.lv, 2012 [LV]
Awards
2020, the Annual Latvian Literature Award for The Shape of Silence
2011, shortlisted for the Annual Latvian Literature Award for Best Debut
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