Eric Naivo

Eric Naivo (1988) is an artist, poet, performer working in the genre of contemporary art. He was born and lives in Latvia, and writes in Russian. Eric's poetry has been published in literary magazines Punctum, Polutona, Oblaka. His poems have been translated into Latvian by poets Arvis Viguls, Kārlis Vērdiņš and Einārs Pelšs. In 2015 he has participated in the performance of the text-group "Orbita". In 2020 Eric has participated in "Poetry Days" festival and an international poetry translation workshop, organised by Latvian Literature platform. Together with Jelena Glazova, Eric Naivo is the founder of the poetry festival "Blood of the Poet" 2014-2016.