Books By Daina Tabuna - Author

Daina Tab?na (1985) is a prose writer. Daina Tab?na's short story collection Pirm? reize (The first time) was nominated for the Annual Latvian Literary Award 2014 as the best debut of the year. Pirm? reize immediately won over many readers and critics and has become a cult book of its time in Latvia. In 2010 Daina Tab?na completed her studies with a BA in Theatre, cinema and TV drama at the Latvian Academy of Culture. Her professional experience includes writing for a television soap opera, leading a photography club for 10-year-old Bulgarians, managing public relations for a closed museum, and extended periods of unemployment. She is passionate about hiking and being silly. Jayde Will (1978) is a literary translator. He has an M.A. in Fenno-Ugric Linguistics from Tartu University. His translations of Latvian, Lithuanian, and Estonian authors have been published in numerous journals, including Poetry Review, Trafika and Mantis, as well as anthologies such as the Dedalus Book of Lithuanian Literature and sever