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Place of Birth: Jelgava, Latvia
About Jānis Joņevs
- Janis Jonevs is a Latvian writer.
- He was born in 1980 in Jelgava.
- 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.
- Jonevs is best known for his debut novel Jelgava'94 which was a bestseller upon its release in 2013.
- The book later won the EU Prize for Literature.
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