Ilze Jansone’s novel about the writer Ilze Šķipsna “The Bill of Time” has been published / Article

In the series “I am…” Ilze Jansone’s novel “The Bill of Time” was published in 1941. Ilzas Šķipsna (1928–1981), the author of the first Latvian modern novel, traveler, polyglot, anthropologist and librarian, informed the representatives of the publishing house “Dienas grāmata”. –

“The expression of reality. What is it? The humble presence of content and form in life and art. A delicate and amazing incarnation in the short flight of the writer Ilze Šķipsna. Appearances, power and fame are foreign to the pinch. Ilze Jansone helps to discover how rich life is without them, ”said Gundega Repše, a writer and author and initiator of the project“ I am… ”.

Journalist Gundeg Blumberga admitted that Jansone in the novel sharply reveals the exile’s desire to be at home: scales in the golden skin of an artificial dragon, and at the same time to keep the spark of survival, dreaming of a crown of acorns. The fate of a whole generation in the life of one writer. “

Ilze Jansone (1982) made her literary debut in 2006 with the short story “Beyond the Glass”. So far, three novels have been published: “Insomnia” (2010), “The Only One” (2015), “Men’s Affairs” (2020) and a collection of stories “Umurkumur or Farewell to Feminism” (2013). Graduated from the University of Latvia with a doctorate in theology and religious studies.

The book has been created with the support of the State Cultural Capital Fund. The artist of the book is Jānis Esītis.

About the project “I am …”

In 2018, the publishing house “Dienas raamat” started work on a new major project of Latvian literature “I am …”. From 2020 to 2024, it will publish 26 new works: 13 novels and 13 monographs on the classics of Latvian literature.

The project “I am” envisages the series “We. Latvia, XX Century ”, constantly activating social memory, awareness of history, its research and understanding, focusing on the essence of personality, individual choices, intellectual responsibility.

The series includes works by Aspazija, Anna Brigadere, Anšlavs Eglītis, Jānis Ezeriņš, Gunars Janovskis, Ivande Kaija, Vilis Lācis, Jānis Poruks, Kārlis Skalbe, Ilze Šķipsna, Andrejs Upīts, Eduards Veidenbaums and Jānis Ziemeļnieks.

The authors of novels and monographs are writers Inga Ābele, Andris Akmentiņš, Guntis Berelis, Māris Bērziņš, Inga Gaile, Ilze Jansone, Arno Jundze, Laima Kota, Svens Kuzmins, Gundega Repše, Osvalds Zebris, Andris Zeibots, Inga Žolja and literary scholars Mai Daukste-Silasproģe, Gundega Grīnuma, Māra Grudule, Ieva Kalniņa, Arnis Koroševskis, Sigita Kušnere, Anita Rožkalne, Olga Senkāne, Lita Silova, Ieva Struka, Viesturs Vecgrāvis, Jānis Zālītis. The author and initiator of the idea of ​​the project “I am ir” is the writer and art historian Gundega Repše.

The project “I am” is implemented with the support of the State Cultural Capital Fund.

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