Born in Ogre, Latvia, in 1975, Gita Grīnberga studied German at the University of Latvia in Riga and at Rostock, then French at Bordeaux. A literary translator since 1995, she is best known for her translations of Baudelaire and Rimbaud; her translation of Une saison en enfer and Illuminations received the 2006 award for the best translation into Latvian. She has also translated Yourcenar and Perec among other significant French authors. She works in all genres: poetry, prose, drama and children's literature. She has also translated significant Latvian writers into French: Jānis Ezeriņš, Inga Ābele, Imants Ziedonis, and Vizma Belševica among them. From 2004 to 2006 she was an adjunct professor of Latvian literature at INALCO in Paris.
Nature morte à la grenade
Nature morte à la grenade (Klusā daba ar granātābolu)
Title
: Nature morte à la grenadeTitle*
: Klusā daba ar granātāboluAuthors
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:French
Publisher
:L’Archange Minotaure
Pages
:165
Year
:2005
Copyrights
:The author
Synopsis
:The main character, the ugly duckling, the individual, he is estranged from the world around him, searching for wholeness, he is overwhelmed by the gap between dreams and reality, conceptual and sensual, social and individual, general and individual.
Les cerfs noirs
Les cerfs noirs (Tumšie brieži)
Title
: Les cerfs noirsTitle*
: Tumšie briežiAuthors
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:French
Publisher
:Theatrales
Pages
:49
Year
:2008
Copyrights
:The author
Synopsis
:The scientist Alfs started a business in the countryside. Raises dark deer. However, the business fails, Alfs goes into debt bondage and is ready to give the beautiful animals to be slaughtered for meat.
Saute de vent
Saute de vent (Mainīga virziena vējš)
Title
: Saute de ventTitle*
: Mainīga virziena vējšAuthors
:Genre
:Short Stories
Language
:French
Publisher
:L'Archange minotaure
Pages
:208
Year
:2010
Copyrights
:The author
Synopsis
:A book with five stories from the collection "Observations in the Time of Snow".
Contes des couleurs
Contes des couleurs (Krāsainās pasakas)
Title
: Contes des couleursTitle*
: Krāsainās pasakasAuthors
:Genre
:Children`s Book
Language
:French
Publisher
:Mansards
Pages
:105
Year
:2008
Copyrights
:The author
Synopsis
:These are light-hearted stories which speak about life’s paradoxes and playfully engage with the reader just as the author himself plays with colours, words, and ideas.
L'Âne rose
L'Âne rose (Rožainais ēzelis)
Title
: L'Âne roseTitle*
: Rožainais ēzelisAuthors
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:French
Publisher
:L'Archange Minotaure
Pages
:139
Year
:2008
Copyrights
:the author
Synopsis
:Story from the collection "Leijerkaste".
Petit déjeuner à minuit
Petit déjeuner à minuit (Brokastis pusnaktī)
Title
: Petit déjeuner à minuitTitle*
: Brokastis pusnaktīAuthors
:Genre
:Non-Fiction
Language
:French
Publisher
:Éditions du Cygne
Pages
:198
Year
:The author's semi-biographical story of exile in Siberia.
Copyrights
:The author
Synopsis
:2019
Partie d’échecs
Partie d’échecs (Šaha partija)
Title
: Partie d’échecsTitle*
: Šaha partijaAuthors
:Genre
:Short Stories
Language
:French
Publisher
:l'Arbre vengeur
Pages
:164
Year
:2022
Copyrights
:the author
Synopsis
:Story collections by Jānis Ezeriņš
Bylle
Bylle (Bille)
Title
: BylleTitle*
: BilleAuthors
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:French
Publisher
:Editions du Cygne
Pages
:294
Year
:2022
Copyrights
:the author
Synopsis
:Bille is the nickname of the novel’s main character, Sibilla Gūtmane, who observes an era filled with tragic events, and much of which was hard to understand, even for adults.
