Jānis Joņevs
Jānis Joņevs (born 1980 in Jelgava) is a Latvian writer. After studying at the local Gymnasium in Jelgava, he went to Riga for his higher education and earned a Master's degree from the Latvian Academy of Culture. Joņevs is best known for his debut novel "Doom 94" ("Jelgava 94") which was a bestseller upon its release in 2013. The book later won the European Union Prize for Literature.