Margarita Perveņecka

Margarita Perveņecka (1976) is a Latvian playwright and writer. In 2001, Perveņecka graduated from the Latvian Academy of Culture with a BA in film and theater, and since then has been publishing her writing, working for various creative platforms, and writing screenplays. Her first collection, All the Trees Have Gone, was published in 2006. Perveņecka has written several plays for theaters 
in Latvia: Ludwig’s Project was directed by Dž. Dž. Džilindžers in 2004 for Daile Theatre; orget-Me-Not Sausage Paper was performed at the TT Theatre (titled Ņezabudka Vulgaris, directed by Lauris Gundars, 2002); Civil Chain was produced at ACUD Kunst Haus in Berlin (directed by Inga Rozentāle in 2002). Her writing stands out with her unusual ways of perceiving the world,
her use of scientific terms, internationalisms, neologisms, and other peculiar and poetic means of expression. Her novel Getano’s Krematos received the 2011 Annual Latvian Literature Award.

Plays
Man patika dedzināt [I used to Like Starting Fires], staged at Dirty Deal Teatro, 2012.
Ludviga prodžekts [Ludwig's Project], staged at Daile Theatre, 2004.
Drakula [adapted from B. Stoker's Dracula], 2003.
Neaizmirstulīšu desas papīrs [Forget-Me-Not Sausage Paper]. Staged as Nezabudka Vulgaris at TT, 2002.
Civilķēde jeb Jautrais karuselis [Civil Chain]. Published in Teātra Vēstnesis, 1998; staged at ACUD, Berlin, 2002.

Screenplays
Atved mani mājās [Take Me Home]. Man patīk, ka meitene skumst [I Love it When a Girl is Sad], 2003.
Rehabilitācija [Rehabilitation]. Published in Luna magazine, 2000.

Prose
Gaetāno Krematoss: atmiņas par gaismu [Gaetano's Krematos]. Riga: Dienas grāmata, 2011.
Visi koki aizgājuši [All the Trees Have Gone]: stāsti. Rīga: Dienas grāmata, 2006.

Margarita Perveņecka reads from Gaetano Crematos // the Annual Latvian Literature Award Youtube channel, 2012 [LV]

Guntis Berelis, interview with Margarita Perveņecka // Guntis Berelis' literary blog, 2012 [LV]

Anda Baklāne, Sveiciens kosmosam, review of Gaetano's Krematos // Online magazine Satori, 2011 [LV]

About the German translation of All the Trees have Gone // Matthes & Seitz Verlag, piblisher's homepage [GE]

Review of All the Trees have Gone // Guntis Berelis' literary blog, 2006 [LV]

2011,  the Annual Latvian Literature Award for Gaetano's Krematos