Pēters Brūveris, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Latvian writer (1957-2011)
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Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia
About Pēters Brūveris
- Peters Bruveris (1957, Riga – 2011, Ventspils) was a Latvian writer and translator. The first book by Bruveris was published in 1977.
- He wrote a total of ten collections of poetry and also children's books and lyrics for songs.
- Since 1988, Peters Bruveris was a member of the Latvian Writers' Union and he worked for several years as an editor at various culture magazines.
- Apart from his own work, he translated poetry into Latvian, mainly but not exclusively from different parts of the former Soviet Union.
- He commanded a large number of languages including Russian, Turkish, Lithuanian, Gagauz, Ossetian, Crimean Tatar and Mordvinic.During his lifetime, Peters Bruveris was awarded several prizes, including the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature
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