Ivars Šteinbergs, born in 1991, is a poet and critic from Riga, Latvia. Since 2012, he has been publishing poems and literary criticism in various outlets – online platforms like Satori and Punctummagazine, and literary magazines such as Latvju Teksti, Veto, Domuzīme, et al. After finishing Āgenskalns gymnasium (2010), he graduated from the University of Latvia with a BA in Philology (2015). In 2017, he received a Fulbright grant to study comparative literature in the U.S.A., and he earned his M.A. at the State University of New York at Binghamton in 2018. He has worked for the Culture department at Delfi.lv, and was a host at the weekly literary program Bron–Hīts at NABA radio (2012–2017). Šteinbergs has translated Imants Ziedonis’ poetry and epiphanies into English, has attended the international translation workshops in Riga (2014) and Budapest (2016). In 2014, he received the Annual Research Award at the University of Latvia for his article in Alma Mater magazine. His poem līdzenā klajumā/in an even field was included in the poetry anthology Viens dzejolis 2013/ One Poem 2013. In 2014, Aleksandrs Meņšikovs’ bilingual book of poems 17 стихотворений /17 dzejoļi /17 poems was published, and included translations by Ivars Šteinbergs and Krišjānis Zeļģis. His own debut book Strops/ Hive was published by Neputns in 2020 and it received The Poetry Days Award in 2021, as well as the Ojārs Vācietis Literary Prize in Poetry. Currently, Šteinbergs works at the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia (ILFA) and is a doctoral student at the Latvian Academy of Culture.