Otto Ozols

Otto Ozols (born in 1970, real name Mārtiņš Barkovskis) is a Latvian journalist, political commentator, and writer. Ozols has worked for the Latvian TV as a director’s assistant for literary and art programmes and is the creator of the first independent TV news broadcaster in Latvia NTV5 where he worked alongside Ilva Liepiņa. He is actively engaged in social media and frequently writes on current affairs. He is the host of the TV talk show „100.panta preses klubs” about freedom of speech and free press. He gained wider popularity after the publishing of his 2010 historical thriller Latvieši ir visur [Latvians are Everywhere], translated into Swedish by Andris Kangeris and published as Letternas Revanch by Lava Publishing. This debut novel instantly reached the top of best-selling titles in Latvia, and in 2014, he published another successful work of fiction Theodorus. Deja ar ziloņzivi [Theodorus. Dancing with the Elephant Fish], described as “Europe's answer to Britain's James Bond and America's Jason Bourne”. His latest book Neērtās patiesības [Uncomfortable truths] is a collection of Ozols’ opinion pieces and articles on Latvian politics, published in 2015.

Fiction
Theodorus. Deja ar ziloņzivi [Theodorus. Dancing with the Elephant Fish]. Riga: Atēna, 2014. Latvieši ir visur [Latvians are Everywhere]. Riga: Atēna, 2010.

Non-fiction
Neērtās patiesības [Uncomfortable truths]. Riga: Lauku Avīze, 2015.

Conversation with Otto Ozols // LA.lv, 2015 [LV]

Video conversation with Otto Ozols // RigaTV 24 Youtube channel, 2014 [LV]

Audio reading of Theodorus. Dancing with the Elephant Fish // Latvijas Sabiedriskie Mediji, 2014 [LV]

Review of Theodorus. Dancing with the Elephant Fish // Literino blog, 2015 [LV]