Knuts Skujenieks
Knuts Skujenieks (born September 5, 1936 in Riga, died July 25, 2022) was a Latvian poet, journalist, and translator from fifteen European languages.
He spent his childhood near Bauska, Zemgale (Southern Latvia). Skujenieks later studied at University of Latvia in Riga and at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow.
In 1962, he was convicted of anti-Soviet activities, and sentenced to seven years in prison camp in Mordovia, Russia. Although he was a prolific poet, he could publish his first collection of poetry only in 1978. The poems he wrote during his captivity were published in 1990. Skujenieks' poetry has been translated into many European languages. Books of his poetry have been published in Sweden and Ukraine.
“nav manos spēkos vējus savienotzem plaukstas tavu vientulību slāpētes nevaru neko ne lūgt ne dotes varu tikai tavā vietā sāpēt”
Knuts Skujenieks
“vītola sudrabā melnalkšņa tumsībāieraksta saulīte dzeltenu diegukur odam lidot kur skudrai rāpotkur man cilvēkam atcerēties”
Knuts Skujenieks
“nāve ir ļoti ilgasaka viens tāds kas zintaču aiz loga smilgavēl savu dzīvību svinsīka un nevajadzīgatiklabad tev kā manpati sev uzvilkta stīgapaskaties skan un skan”
Knuts Skujenieks