Māris Čaklais
Māris Čaklais | |
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Māris Čaklais in 1973 | |
Born | (1940-06-16)16 June 1940 Saldus, Latvia |
Died | 13 December 2003(2003-12-13) (aged 63) Rīga, Latvia |
Occupation(s) | Poet, writer |
Māris Čaklais (16 June 1940 – 13 December 2003) was a Latvian poet, writer, and journalist.[1]
Biography
Čaklais studied journalism at the University of Latvia until 1964; his first publications appeared in 1960. He translated to Latvian Bertolt Brecht, Paul Celan, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Rainer Maria Rilke, among others. He also wrote the lyrics, which were set to Imants Kalniņš' music in the movie directed by Rolands Kalniņš, Four White Shirts and Ferenc Molnár's play "Liliom".
Čaklais worked at the newspapers "Literatūra un Māksla" (Literature and Art) and "Literatūra un Māksla Latvijā” (Literature and Art in Latvia), and for the Radio Free Europe. In 2000, Čaklais was a member of the Latvian delegation to the European writers project Literature Express Europe 2000. From 2000 to 2003, he was the editor-in-chief of the literary journal Karogs.
Following re-establishing of Latvian independence in 1990, Čaklais received the Fridtjof Nansen International Award (1994), the Latvian Annual Literature Award (2000), the Order of the Three Stars (2000), and the Herder Prize (2002).
He died in Riga in 2003.
Bibliography
Poetry
- Pagaidu latvietis [A Provisional Latvian]. Riga: Elpa (2002)
- Mana mājas lapa tavai mājas lapai [From My Homepage to Yours]. Riga: Jāņa Rozes apgāds (2000)
- Vientuļš riteņbraucējs [A Lonely Cyclist]. Riga: Preses nams (1997)
- Izgāja bulvārī Brīvība [The Freedom Went Out on the Boulevard]. (1994)
- Slepeni ugunskuri [Secret Bonfires]. (1992)
- Labrīt, Heraklīt! [Good Morning, Heraclitus!]. Riga: Liesma (1989)
- Mīlnieks atgriežas noziegumvietā [A Lover Returns to the Crime Scene]. (1989)
- Cilvēksauciena attālumā [At a Shouting Distance]. Riga: Liesma (1984)
- Kurzemes klade [A Notebook of Kurzeme]. Riga: Liesma (1982)
- Pulksteņu ezers [A Lake of Clocks]. Riga: Liesma (1979)
- Strautuguns [The Glitter of a Stream]. Riga: Liesma (1978)
- Cilvēks, uzarta zeme [A Man, Ploughed Land]. Riga: Liesma (1976)
- Sastrēgumstunda [The Peak Hour]. Riga: Liesma (1974)
- Zāļu diena [A Day of Flowers]. Riga: Liesma (1972)
- Lapas balss [The Voice of a Leaf]. Riga: Liesma (1969)
- Kājāmgājējs un mūžība [A Walker and the Eternity]. Riga: Liesma (1967)
- Pirmdiena [Monday]. Riga: Liesma (1965)
Children's books
- Jautrā govs, skumjā govs/ proza [A Happy Cow, a Gloomy Cow/ fiction]. Riga: Pētergailis (2002)
- Aprīļa pilieni [The Droplets of April]. Riga: Liesma (1990)
- Ķocis [The Little Old Basket]. Riga: Liesma (1984)
- Minkuparks [Kitty Park]. Riga: Liesma (1978)
- Bimm-bamm. Riga: Liesma (1973)
- Divi dzīvi zaldātiņi un citas pasakas [Two Live Soldiers and Other Tales]. Riga: Likteņstāsti (1966)
Other writings
- Profesionālis un ziedlapiņas [A Professional and Flower Petals]. Riga: Liesma (1985)
- Nozagtā gliemežnīca [The Stolen Seashell]. Riga: Liesma (1980)
- Saule rakstāmgaldā [The Sun in the Writing Desk]. Riga: Liesma (1975)
- Dzer avotu, ceļiniek [Drink from the Spring, Traveler]. Riga: Liesma (1969)
- Izaicinājums. Pirmā Latvijas Valsts prezidente Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga [A Challenge: the First Woman President of Latvia, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga]. Riga: Pētergailis (2003)
- Gaismas kungs jeb sāga par Gunaru Birkertu [The Lord of Light or a Saga on Gunārs Birkerts]. Riga: Pētergailis (2002)
- ImKa (par komponistu Imantu Kalniņu) [about composer Imants Kalniņš, ImKa: Imants Kalniņš in Time and Space]. Riga: Jumava (1998)
- Laiks iegravē sejas [Time Engraves Faces]. Riga: Jāņa Rozes apgāds (2000)
- Dzeguzes balss (dzeja) [The Voice of a Cuckoo (poetry)]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC (2000)
- Uzraksti uz sētas [Writing on a Fence]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC (1999)
- Četri balti krekli (dzeja) [Four White Shirts (poetry)]. Riga: Liesma (1991)
- Uz manām trepēm (dzeja) [Come To My Stairwell (poetry)]. Riga: Liesma (1979)
- Spīdola un putnusuņi. 50 mīlas dzejoļi [Spidola and the Bird-dogs. 50 love poems]. Riga: Likteņstāsti (1977)
- Viņi dejoja vienu vasaru. Dziesmu teksti [They Danced for Only One Summer. Song lyrics]. Riga: Likteņstāsti (1966)
Literature
- Rolfs Ekmanis. Harmonizer of disharmony. Latvian poet and editor Māris Čaklais. Journal of Baltic Studies. Vol 40. No. 2. June 2009. pp. 215–243, Latvian translation: jaunagaita.net
References
- ^ Rižijs, Marians (22 April 2020). "DZEJNIEKS MĀRIS ČAKLAIS". Rakstniecības un mūzikas muzejs (in Latvian). Retrieved 17 August 2020.
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- 1964: Oto Bihalji-Merin
- Jan Kott
- Stanisław Lorentz
- Lucijan Marija Škerjanc
- 1965: Tudor Arghezi
- Manolis Hatzidakis
- Emanuel Hruška
- Zoltán Kodály
- László Németh
- Hugo Rokyta
- Hristo Vakarelski
- 1966: Ján Cikker
- Dezső Dercsényi
- Zlatko Gorjan
- Aleksander Kobzdej
- Anton Kriesis
- Niko Kuret
- Dimiter Statkov
- 1967: Iván Fenyő
- Vladimír Kompánek
- Witold Lutosławski
- Spyridon Marinatos
- Alexandru A. Philippide
- Mihai Pop
- Svetozar Radojčić
- 1968: Constantin Daicoviciu
- Roman Ingarden
- Miroslav Krleža
- Ludvík Kunz
- Anastasios Orlandos
- Lajos Vayer
- Pancho Vladigerov
- 1969: Jolán Balogh
- Albín Brunovský
- Bohuslav Fuchs
- Mihail Jora
- Marijan Matković
- Ksawery Piwocki
- France Stele
- 1970: Jan Białostocki
- Jan Filip
- Zoltán Franyó
- Milovan Gavazzi
- Gyula Illyés
- Yiannis Papaioannou
- Zeko Torbov
- 1971: Jiří Kolář
- Blaže Koneski
- Georgios Megas
- Kazimierz Michałowski
- Mihail Sokolovski
- Zaharia Stancu
- Bence Szabolcsi
- 1972: Dragotin Cvetko
- Atanas Dalchev
- Branko Maksimović
- Gyula Ortutay
- Jaroslav Pešina
- Henryk Stażewski
- Virgil Vătășianu
- 1973: Veselin Beshevliev
- Stylianos Harkianakis
- János Harmatta
- Zbigniew Herbert
- Eugen Jebeleanu
- Petar Lubarda
- Jan Racek
- 1974: Władysław Czerny
- Ivan Duichev
- Ivo Frangeš
- László Gerő
- Stylianos Pelekanidis
- Ján Podolák
- Zeno Vancea
- 1975: Józef Burszta
- Hristo M. Danov
- Stanislav Libenský
- Maria Ana Musicescu
- Gábor Preisich
- Pandelis Prevelakis
- Stanojlo Rajičić
- 1976: Jagoda Buić
- Marin Goleminov
- Ioannis Kakridis
- Dezső Keresztury
- Nichita Stănescu
- Rudolf Turek
- Kazimierz Wejchert
- 1977: Nikolaos Andriotis
- Riko Debenjak
- Emmanuel Kriaras
- Albert Kutal
- Máté Major
- Krzysztof Penderecki
- Anastas Petrov
- Ion Vladutiu
- 1978: Eugen Barbu
- Đurđe Bošković
- Kazimierz Dejmek
- Stoyan Dzudzev
- Béla Gunda
- Jiří Hrůza
- Yiannis Spyropoulos
- 1979: Magdalena Abakanowicz
- Ferenc Farkas
- Zdenko Kolacio
- Atanas Natev
- András Sütő
- Pavel Trost
- Apostolos E. Vacalopoulos
- 1980: Gordana Babić-Đorđević
- Iván Balassa
- Kamil Lhoták
- Manousos Manousakas
- Vera Mutafchieva
- Alexandru Rosetti
- Wiktor Zin
- 1981: Emil Condurachi
- Sándor Csoóri
- Stefka Georgieva
- Dimitrios Loukatos
- Vjenceslav Richter
- Eugen Suchoň
- Elida Maria Szarota
- 1982: Athanasios Aravantinos
- Ana Blandiana
- Vojislav J. Đurić
- Sona Kovacevicová
- Aleksandar Nichev
- Jan Józef Szczepański
- Imre Varga
- 1983: Władysław Bartoszewski
- Géza Entz
- Jozef Jankovič
- Gunther Schuller
- Zdenko Škreb
- Stefana Stoykova
- C. A. Trypanis
- 1984: Emilijan Cevc
- Konstantinos Dimaras
- Karel Horálek
- György Konrád
- Constantin Lucaci
- Krasimir Manchev
- Krzysztof Meyer
- 1985: Branko Fučić
- Růžena Grebeníčková
- Adrian Marino
- Demetrios Pallas
- Károly Perczel
- Simeon Pironkov
- Andrzej Wajda
- 1986: Georgi Baev
- Tekla Dömötör
- Boris Gaberščik
- Konrad Górski
- Johannes Karayannopoulos
- Jiří Kotalík
- Anatol Vieru
- 1987: Roman Brandstaetter
- Doula Mouriki
- József Ujfalussy
- Vladimir Veličković
- Velizar Velkov
- Gheorghe Vrabie
- 1988: Roman Berger
- Christos Kapralos
- Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga
- György Györffy
- Donka Petkanova
- Mieczysław Porębski
- Edvard Ravnikar
- 1989: Maria Banuș
- Ákos Birkás
- Jerzy Buszkiewicz
- Václav Frolec
- Nikolai Genchev
- Petar Miljković-Pepek
- Nikos Gabriel Pentzikis
- 1990: Liviu Calin
- Bronisław Geremek
- Aris Konstantinidis
- Dejan Medaković
- Virginia Paskaleva
- Adriena Šimotová
- András Vizkelety
- 1991: Maja Bošković-Stulli
- Gerard Labuda
- Andor Pigler
- Yorgos Sicilianos
- Emil Skála
- Marin Sorescu
- Stoimen Stoilov
- 1992: Manolis Andronikos
- Jenő Barabás
- Blaga Dimitrova
- Stefan Kaszynski
- Jiří Kořalka
- Zmaga Kumer
- Jon Nicodim
- 1993: Vasilka Gerasimova-Tomova
- Petro Kononenko
- György Kurtág
- Jerzy Tchórzewski
- Răzvan Theodorescu
- Elena Várossová
- Māra Zālīte
- Dionysis Zivas
- Viktor Žmegač
- 1994: István Borzsák
- Dževad Juzbašić
- Ștefan Niculescu
- Andrzej Szczypiorski
- Jitka and Květa Válová
- Takis Varvitsiotis
- Zigmas Zinkevičius
- 1995: Sándor Kányádi
- Mirko Kovač
- Milcho Lalkov
- Michael G. Meraklis
- Mindaugas Navakas
- Wisława Szymborska
- Jaan Undusk
- 1996: Tamás Hofer
- Karel Hubáček
- Konstantin Iliev
- Marin Mincu
- Jože Pogačnik
- Pēteris Vasks
- Marian Zgórniak
- 1997: Tasos Athanasiadis
- Bogdan Bogdanović
- Oskár Elschek
- Ferenc Glatz
- Lech Kalinowski
- Jaan Kross
- Dunja Rihtman-Auguštin
- 1998: Imre Bak
- Andrei Corbea-Hoișie
- Eliška Fučíková
- Ismail Kadare
- Justinas Marcinkevičius
- Dorota Simonides
- Elena Toncheva
- 1999: Svetlana Alexievich
- Vera Bitrakova-Grozdanova
- Mircea Dinescu
- István Fried
- Henryk Górecki
- Dževad Karahasan
- Ferdinand Milučký
- 2000: Ján Bakoš
- Ivan Čolović
- Nikola Georgiev
- Imre Kertész
- Milan Kundera
- Karolos Mitsakis
- Arvo Pärt
- 2001: Yurii Andrukhovych
- Janez Bernik
- János Böhönyey
- Maria Kłańska
- Marek Kopelent
- Andrej Mitrović
- Evanghelos Moutsopoulos
- 2002: George Demetrius Bambiniotis
- Māris Čaklais
- Péter Esterházy
- Radost Ivanova
- Nedjeljko Fabrio
- Aurel Stroe
- Lech Trzeciakowski
- 2003: Vasil Gyuzelev
- Drago Jančar
- Károly Manherz
- Stanisław Mossakowski
- Ales Rasanau
- Ludvík Václavek
- Ana Maria Zahariade
- 2004: Theodore Antoniou
- Michał Głowiński
- Dušan Kováč
- Fatos Lubonja
- Éva Pócs
- Kazimir Popkonstantinov
- Romualdas Požerskis
- 2005: Károly Klimó
- Hanna Krall
- Primož Kuret
- Jiří Kuthan
- Andrei Marga
- Eimuntas Nekrošius
- Krešimir Nemec
- 2006: Włodzimierz Borodziej
- Nicos Hadjinicolaou
- Gabriela Kiliánová
- Ene Mihkelson
- Vojteh Ravnikar