Mara Zalite – European Literature Network

Apr 27^th

From PARADĪZES PUTNI (The Birds of Paradise) by Māra Zālīte, introduced by Žanete Vēvere Pasqualini and translated by Kaija Straumanis

The Birds of Paradise is the sequel to Māra Zālīte’s first biographical novel Five Fingers and is about her family’s return to Latvia and how she learns to adapt to the new

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May 05^th

European Literature Festival: Writing from the Baltic Countries

Join Ilmar Taska (Estonia), Māra Zālīte (Latvia) and Paulina Pukytė (Lithuania) – whose stories appear in the collection Best European Fiction 2016 (published by Dalkey Archi

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