Latvian Literature Centre

National Network
Latvia
Address

Pērses iela 14-9, Riga, LV-1011 Latvia
Riga,
Latvia

Telephone
+371 67311021
Fax
+371 67311024
E-Mail
janis@literature.lv
E-Mail (2)
centre@literature.lv
Website
http://www.literature.lv
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2002
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Heritage
  3. International/Cultural relations
  4. Media
  5. Research
  6. Youth and education
General Information
Latvian Literature Centre (LLC) is founded in 2002 by Latvian writers, critics, and publishers. Structure of the organization, including number of staff employed and/or partners: At the moment there are 3 people working for the LLC on regular basis. For certain large scale or specific projects the necessary professionals are employed for a definite period of time. Budgetary resources available in a year: 120 000 EUR Sources of funding: The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia, Riga City Council, a.o. Modalities of action: * LLC co-ordinates information dissemination on the local and international level; * acts as a mediator between Latvian authors, publishers and translators on the one side and publishers and other interested actors abroad; * supports the translation of Latvian literature in foreign languages and its publication abroad; * initiates and organises projects linked to writing and translation, supports the participation of Latvia in international events; * takes part in book fairs; * develops and expands the data base of Latvian authors, translators and Latvian literature in translation; * publishes informative materials; * enhances activities on civil society and development co-operation. Main partners involved in the organization's projects/activities: Literature Across Frontiers network, the Internation Writers' and Translators' House in Ventspils, Books from Lithuania, Institul Ramon Llull, a.o.
Mission and Objectives

Latvian Literature Centre is a society established to ensure international recognition of and access to Latvian fiction, poetry, plays and children's literature.
The target audience of the LLC are writers, poets, publicists, translators, literary critics, publishers, copyright agents both in Latvia and abroad, governmental and non governmental organizations in Latvia and abroad, as well as readers all over the world.

Main Projects / Activities

since 2003 – coordination of the international literature centre programme Literature Across Frontiers in Latvia (with the support of EU and Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation)
since 2004 – management of the culture programme ‘Latvian Literature in the World’ (with the support of Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation)
since 2004 – International Festival ‘Prose Readings’ – concept creation, production and coordination of foreign guest-participants
05–11/05/2008 South meets East – Seminar on translation of Mediterranean and Latvian poetry, Ventspils, Latvia (with the support of Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation)
since 2004 – organiser of 5 international poetry translation workshops in Ventspils and Riga
02/2008 Baltic Book Fair 2008, Riga, Latvia – concept creation, coordination of the book presentation programme, and cooperation with the organisers of the Russian guest-country programme
05/2007 Coordination of the literary events at the international festival ‘French Spring in Latvia’, including production of the multimedia show ‘Colour Fairy Tales by Imants Ziedonis’
since 2002 – organisation of book readings, meetings of publishers and the national book stand as well as participation at book fairs and exhibitions in Paris, Leipzig, Prague, London, Istanbul, Gothenburg, Frankfurt, Moscow, etc.

Contact (1) Full Name
Janis Oga
Head of the organisation
Janis Oga