Ligija Purinaša

Ligija Purinaša (1991) is a poet and journalist writing in Latgalian and Latvian. She has published two collections of poems: Sīvīte [Woman, 2019], which was shortlisted in the Best Debut category at the Annual Latvian Literature Awards in 2020, and Pierobežas [Borderlands, 2022], which was longlisted in the Best Poetry Collection at said awards in 2023. Both books were also shortlisted for the Annual Latvian Literature Award in 2020 and 2023. In 2020 her poems were included in a bilingual Latgalian poetry anthology entitled The Last Model / Pādejais modeļs (Francis Boutle Publishers). Her poems have also been translated into German and Czech.

Pierobežas [Borderlands]. Rezekne: Hronologeja, 2022.

Sīvīte [Woman]. Rezekne: Hronologeja, 2019.

Ligija Purinaša and Jayde Will: Borderlands, radio // Trafikaeurope, January 2024 [EN]

A series of poetry reading: From Faroes and Latvia to Biggar // Thenational Scot, October, 2023 [EN]

Ligija Purinaša: I remember how you wanted me to promise you that our children would never speak Latgalian // Kalba.eu, June 2023 [CZ]

IntroversIon - poetry from Latvia // Signaturen-magazine, January 2023 [GER]

Video conversation with Ligija Purinaša // ReTV Youtube channel, 2020 [LTG]

Conversation with Ligija Purinaša // Diena.lv, 2020 [LV]

Conversation with Ligija Purinaša // Ubi Sunt, University of Latvia, 2020 [LV]

Conversation and poems by Ligija Purinaša // LA.lv, 2019 [LV]

Barbara Zeizingen.Latvian anthology "Mir war, als ob es klopfte" review // Signaturen Magazin, February 2024 [DE]

Latvian anthology "Mir war, als ob es klopfte" review // Baltbuch blogspot, October 2023 [GER]

About Woman // Latvijas Sabiedriskie Mediji, 2019 [LV]

2023, longlisted in the Best Poetry Collection category at the Annual Latvian Literature Awards

2023, Latgalian Annual Culture Award "Boņuks" for Borderlands

2020, shortlisted for the Annual Latvian Literature Award best debut for Woman

2019, Latgalian Annual Culture Award "Boņuks" for best debut for Woman