Velga Krile Explained

Velga Krile
Birth Date:	September 27, 1945 Valka Parish, Latvian SSR
Death Date:	August 31, 1991 (age 45) Valka Parish, Latvia
Nationality:	Latvian
Genre:	Poem, play wright

Velga Krile (1945–1991) was a Latvian poet and playwright. She has been cited as one of Latvia's most talented poets on the scene in the late 1970s, along with Uldis Berzins, Leons Briedis, Mara Misina, Māra Zālīte and Klavs Elsbergs.^[1] She was a member of the Writer's Union of Latvia. She committed suicide in 1991.

Works

Poems

• „Dzeltenās palodzes” (1966),
• „Bērzi” (1976),
• „Gaismēna” (1979),
• „Es diennaktī esmu” (1982),
• „Nepiekrāp mani” (1985),
• „Uz zāles fona” (1989),
• „Uz tā tālā ceļa” (1991).

Plays

• "Orfejs un Eiridike”(1968),
• „Dimanta dziesma” (1969.),
• „Stepans Razins” (1969./70.),
• „Vanems Imanta” (1972.),
• „Ivans Bargais” (1973.),
• „Vietlavs un Veseta” (1976.),
• „Asaras”(farss)(1976.),
• ”Katastrofa” (1979.),
• „Vai jūs baiļojaties, jūs, mazticīgie!” (1980.),
• „N-tā pilsēta” (1983.),
• „Nebukadnecars” (1983./84.),
• „Kains” (1984.),
• „Leģenda” (1984./85.),
• „Tronis un mīlestība” (1985.),
• „Svētlaimīgo sala” (1987.),
• „Manā zemē ir tādi vārdi…” (1990.)

Notes and References

1. Book: Misiunas. Romuald J.. Taagepera. Rein. The Baltic States: Years of Dependence, 1940-1990. registration. 8 January 2013. 1993. University of California Press. 978-0-520-08228-1. 296.