A monograph by Arnis Koroševskis about the writer Andrejs Upītis / Article has been published

“Andrejs Upīts is one of the most prolific and important Latvian writers, and together with Rūdolfs Eglis he has written the history of world writing and has also been a notable literary critic and translator. However, only a few popular works are still mentioned today. social (and later – socialist) writer, and perhaps that is why recent generations have a rather weak idea of ​​Upītis’ contribution to Latvian literature, “explained Arnis Koroševskis.

Arnis Koroševskis (1990) is a literary critic and critic. Since 2012, reviews and articles on the latest literature have been published regularly. His research interests also include the literary work of Andrejs Upītis, for which he has received both the Zenta Mauriņa Prize in Literary Studies of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, the Veronika Strēlerte Memorial Prize and several awards of the Kārlis Deep Valley Foundation. Arnis Koroševskis is the chief specialist of the Andrejs Upītis Memorial Museum.

The book was 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 Kirjan” started work on a new major project of Latvian literature “Es esmu …”. A total of 26 new works are planned in the new series: 13 novels and 13 monographs on the classics of Latvian literature Aspazija, Anna Brigader, Anšlava Eglīte, Jānis Ezeriņa, Gunars Janovski, Ivandi Kaiju, Vili Lācis, Jānis Poruka, Kārlis Skalbi, Ilze Šķipsna, Andrejs Upīte Veidenbaumu, Jānis Ziemeļnieku.

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 Žolude 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 project “I am” is the writer and art historian Gundega Repše.