Dace Rukšāne

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Dace Rukšāne and her translator into German, Matthias Knoll , at a reading in St. Petri , Lübeck in 2013

Dace Rukšāne (born August 7, 1969 in Riga , Latvia ) is a Latvian author , journalist and columnist .

Life

Rukšāne studied biology at the Latvian University in Riga from 1988 to 1993 , then medicine at the Latvian Medical Academy from 1993 to 1995 . From 1999 to 2004 she worked as a freelancer and copywriter for various advertising agencies . Since autumn 2002 she has had her own column as a columnist in the Saturday supplement of the Latvian daily Diena , where she writes articles on the subject of sexuality and relationships. Since 2005 she has been editor-in-chief of the Latvian-language women's magazine Lilit .

When her debut novel Romāniņš (Eng. Little Romance ) was published by the Latvian Atēna Verlag in 2002, Latvia had its literature scandal - and Dace Rukšāne suddenly became a public figure. Her book, in which she lets her protagonist speak openly about cunnilingus , masturbation , lesbian “interludes”, threesomes and “the wetness between the legs”, was scandalized as an “erotic novel”, although the offensive passages only appear on a few pages. Depending on the point of view, the author's openness or sexual unrestrainedness was perceived as new, liberating or reprehensible. As a result, Rukšāne advanced to become the “sex guru” of Latvia and made a career as a columnist and editor-in-chief as well as a freelance writer.

In 2001 Rukšāne was awarded the special prize of the international jury of the Latvian play festival "Skate 2001" for her play Rit atbrauks Florinda (English: Tomorrow is Florinda ). She lives in Riga with her three daughters.

Bibliography (selection)

Latvian language publications
  • romāniņš ("novellette"). Novel. Atēna, Riga 2002 (= Pirmais romāns), ISBN 9984-635-88-0 .
  • Beatrises gultas stāsti ("Beatrice's bed stories"). Novel. Atēna, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-34-007-4 .
  • Kāpēc tu raudāji? ("Why did you cry?"). Novel. Atēna, Riga 2003, ISBN 9984-34-065-1 .
  • Simts seksīgas sestdienas (“A Hundred Sexy Saturdays”). Columns. Dienas Grāmata, Riga 2005, ISBN 9984-9845-5-9 .
  • Sarunas par attiecībām ("conversations about relationships"). Columns. Dienas Grāmata, Riga 2008, ISBN 978-9984-789-72-9 .
  • Ķīpsalas putni. ("The birds of Kiepenholm"). Stories. Dienas Grāmata, Riga 2009, ISBN 978-9984-847-06-1 .
  • Mīlasstāsti ("love stories"). Stories. Zvaigzne ABC, Riga 2015, ISBN 978-9934-0-5430-3 .
  • Latviskais laimes kods ("The Latvian Lucky Code"). 60 essays. Zvaigzne ABC, Riga 2017, ISBN 978-9934-0-7281-9 .
  • Krieva āda ("The skin of a Russian"). Novel. Dienas grāmata, Riga 2020, ISBN 978-9934-54-699-0 .
Translation work
  • Henrijs Millers: Tas trakais, trakais Harijs. (Original English title: Henry Miller : Just Wild About Harry. 1963). Staged at the Latvijas Dailes teātris. Riga 2005.
  • Īva Enslere: Vagīnas monologi. (Original English title: Eve Ensler : The Vagina Monologues ). Staged in 2003 at the Latvijas Dailes teātris in Riga . Book edition: Atēna, Riga 2004.
German-language publications
  • Why did you cry . Ammann Verlag, Zurich 2007 (= Meridiane 106), ISBN 978-3-250-60106-7 . (Roman; translation by Matthias Knoll , Latvian original title: Kāpēc tu raudāji? 2003)
  • Florinda is coming tomorrow . Theaterstückverlag, Munich 2007. (play; translation by Matthias Knoll, Latvian original title: Rit atbrauks Florinda )
  • Nothing happens or ZARA forever . (Short story; German by Matthias Knoll, ISBN 978-3-86150-802-1 ); in The Raven. Magazine for every kind of literature , No. 65. Haffmans Verlag bei Zweausendeins, Frankfurt 2007.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1] daily newspaper Diena (article overview; Latvian)
  2. ↑ Andreas Dietrich: Heart's content. In: NZZ Folio . 04/2004.
  3. ↑ a b Ruksane, Dace: Florinda is coming tomorrow ( memento of the original from July 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , German description of the play on the website of the theater publisher  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theaterstueckverlag.de
personal data
SURNAME Rukšāne, Dace
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian author, journalist and columnist
DATE OF BIRTH 7th August 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga