Kirils Ēcis

Kirils Ēcis (b. 2000) is a Latvian poet and musician, best known for his band Alejas. His poems dwell in the shifting spaces between childhood and adulthood, dreaming and waking, the tragic and the comic — tracing the uncertainty and strangeness that lives within them. Ēcis believes that poetry can simply help us live. His debut collection here's that dear little summer (te nu ir tā vasariņa, published by Neputns) carries that same belief.

In the meantime, he studies cross-disciplinary arts in Vienna, writes for theatre, and walks in nature.

te nu ir tā vasariņa [here's that dear little summer ]. Riga: Neputns, 2025.

Kā pārvarēt niezi galvaskausā? [How to Overcome Itch in The Skull]. Riga: Valters Dakša, 2018.

Poems by Kirils Ēcis in Lithuanian // 15min.lt, 2020 [LT]

Poems // Online magazine Satori, 2019 [LV]

Poetry Days Festival profile // Dzejas dienas, 2019 [LV]

About the band ALEJAS // Online magazine Satori, 2019 [LV]

Conversation with Kirils Ēcis // LA.lv, 2018 [LV]

Poems // Online magazine Punctum, 2017 [LV]

ĶĪLIS bookazine, 2017 

Kristiāna Kārkliņa, (Kā) Pārvarēt nepārvaramo, review of How to Overcome Itch in The Skull // Ubi Sunt University of Latvia, 2018 [LV]

Ieva Skulte, Jautājums kā atbilde, review of ĶĪLIS // Online magazine Punctum, 2018 [LV]