Juris Kronbergs

Juris Kronbergs (1946 - 2020) was a Sweden-born Latvian poet and translator. He resided in Stockholm where he wrote poetry in Swedish and Latvian, as well as translated literature from and into Latvian and Swedish. Among some of the most notable and widely praised of his translations of the 20^th and 21^st century poetry, is the selected poems of the Nobel laureate Thomas Tranströmer (published by Mansards, 2011) and the magical, fascinating and intellectual novel by Ulf Eriksson, Creatures of Glass/Varelser av glas (Janis Roze, 2010). One of his most well-reviewed and popular books is the cycle of poems Wolf One-Eye/ Vilks vienacis, which has been translated in Estonian and Swedish, as well as in English by Mara Rozitis and published by Arc Publications in 2006. Its Latvian original was awarded the Latvian Writers' Union Prize of 1997, and was issued as a voice recording in Latvia and Sweden (with music by Kristaps Grasis). Since 1992, Kronbergs was a member of the Latvian Writers' Union. His articles and creative work was published in many Swedish newspapers, magazines, and have featured on radio programmes. He was the translator and compiler of the anthology of Latvian poetry in Norwegian (together with the Norwegian poet Odd Abrahamsen), and has translated some of the most significant works of Latvian literature into Danish, and other languages.

Poetry
Debesīs Dievs bīda mēbeles [In heaven, God is moving furniture]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2021.
Uz balkona / bet ja visu laiku... [On a balcony/ what if all the time...]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2016
Ik diena [Every Day]. Riga: Mansards, 2011.
Vilks Vienacis / 2. paplašinātais izdevums. [Woolf One-Eye / completed 2nd edition] Riga: Mansards, 2008.
Peti-šu. Riga: Neputns, 2005.
Rudens mani raksta [Autumn Writes Me]. Riga: Valters un Rapa, 2005.
Notikumu apvārsnis [Horizon of Events]. Riga: Jumava, 2002.
Varg Enögd/ Vilks Vienacis [Woolf One-Eye]. Riga: Minerva, 1996.
Laiks [Time]. collab. with Uldis Bērziņš. Riga: Zinātne, 1994.
Tagadnes [Presents]. Stokholma: Daugava, 1990.
De närvarande/ Klātesošie [The Present]. Stockholm: Norstedt&Söners Förlag — zviedru val., 1984.
Biszāles [Gunpowder]. Stokholma: Daugava, 1976.
Iesnas un citi dzejoļi [Flu and other Poems] 1971.
Pazemes dzeja/ dzejlapa [Underground Poetry/ sheet of poems], 1970.

Children's books
Laika bikses [Times Trousers - A Book of Time]. Riga: Liels un mazs, 2019.
Mākoņu grāmata [The Book of Clouds]. Riga: Liels un mazs, 2010.

Selected works
Dzejas izlase [Selected poems]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2019.
Par īstenību, četrām sāpēm un bezizejas istabu [On Truth, Four Aches and the Room of no Escape]. Riga: Artava, 1989.
Mana latviskā ikdiena [My Casual Latvian Life]. Rīga, 1994.
Trimdas anatomija [Exile's Anatomy] Selection of poems 1970-1991; poems not included in other collections. Riga: Mansards, 2009.

Žanete Vēvere. A Glimpse Into The Latvian Literature! // All about book publishing, February, 2023 [IN]

About In heaven, God is moving furniture // Online magazine Satori, 2021 [LV]

About Juris Kronbergs // Tranan.nu, 2020 [NO]

Audio reading of Juris Kronbergs' poem "Wolf One-Eye" // Trafika Europe Radio, 2020 [EN]

Selected poems // Online literary magazine Apofenie, 2019 [EN]

Juris Kronbergs: Anatomijas paraugi, poetry // Online magazine Satori, 2009 [LV]

Introduction to Kronbergs' cycle of poems Woolf One-Eye // Arc Publications, 2006 [EN]

Juris Kronbergs, author's profile // Arc Publications [EN]

Agnieszka Smarzewska. Seeing is knowing. Review of Juris Kronbergs' poetry collection "Wolf One-Eye" // Przeglad Baltycki, August 2021 [PL]

Agnieszka Smarzewska. Lights in the fog. Review of the anthology of Latvian poetry "All the birds that are in me..." translated by Olga Wiewióra // Przeglad Baltycki October, 2020 [PL]

Review of The Book of Clouds // The Royal Meterological Society, 2018 [EN]

Review of The Book of Clouds // Literature Works, 2018 [EN]

Guntis Berelis, review of the collection Peti-šu // Guntis Berelis literary blog, 2005 [LV]

Guntis Berelis review of the Horizon of Events // Guntis Berelis literary blog, 2002 [LV]

2011, shortlisted for the Annual Latvian Literature Award Best Poetry for Every Day

2005, A.Čaks Prize

1998, the Order of Three Stars

1988, Ojārs Vācietis Prize