What is Knuts Skujenieks?
[[File:Knuts Skujenieks.jpg|right|200px]] '''Knuts Skujenieks''' (5 September 1936 &ndash; 25 July 2022) was a [[Latvia]]n [[poetry|poet]], [[journalism|journalist]], and [[translation|translator]]. He was born in [[Riga]]. In 1962, he was convicted of [[anti-Soviet]] activities, and sentenced to seven years in [[internment|prison camp]] in [[Mordovia]], [[Russia]]. His first poems were released in 1978. The poems he wrote during his captivity were published in 1990. In 2008 he was awarded the [[Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science|Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature]].<ref>http://www.thedrunkenboat.com/skujenieks.html</ref> Skujenieks died on 25 July 2022 at the age of 85.<ref>[https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/literature/acclaimed-poet-knuts-skujenieks-passes-away.a466739/ Acclaimed poet Knuts Skujenieks passes away]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Skujenieks, Knuts}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Latvian poets]] [[Category:Latvian journalists]] [[Category:Translators]] {{bio-stub}}