Knuts Skujenieks

Knuts Skujenieks (5 September 1936 – 25 July 2022) was a Latvian poet, journalist, and translator. He was born in Riga. 

In 1962, he was convicted of anti-Soviet activities, and sentenced to seven years in prison camp in Mordovia, Russia. His first poems were released in 1978. The poems he wrote during his captivity were published in 1990.

In 2008 he was awarded the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature.http://www.thedrunkenboat.com/skujenieks.html

Skujenieks died on 25 July 2022 at the age of 85.Acclaimed poet Knuts Skujenieks passes away

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