Vladimir's Kaijaks

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Vladimir's Kaijaks, on the Daugava and with Māra Svīre in Brazil.

Vladimir's Kaijaks (born September 2, 1930 in Cēsis ( Wenden ); † September 12, 2013 in Staburags, Jaunjelgavas novads ) was a Latvian writer . Until 1959, Vladimir's Kaijaks was called Kārlis Laimonis Lazdovskis. From 1959 to 1970 he carried the name Kārlis Bendrups.

biography

Vladimir's Kaijaks graduated from evening school, worked as a pioneer leader , radio correspondent, and in forestry before becoming literary advisor in the writers' association. He published his first texts in magazines in 1946.

Vladimirs Kaijaks lived with his wife, writer Mara Svīre , in the hamlet Staburags, close to the river Daugava . Staburagu Klints is the place where the legendary hero Lāčplēsis appears; today the Düna is dammed at this point for energy generation. Kaijaks used to fish on the river and also get into the water in winter. This closeness to nature is reflected in his works. Another feature is the description of uncanny and fantastic situations. He takes on subjects from a wide spectrum: from those that are reminiscent of Franz Kafka to motifs that can be found in Ernest Hemingway .

Since 1964 Kaijaks was a member of the Writers' Union (Rakstnieku savienība). In 2003 the Latvian Cultural Capital Fund enabled Kaijaks and Svīre to travel to the Latvian communities in Brazil through a grant.

He left his last novel unfinished. Vēstule was published in 2016 in the version supplemented by Māra Svīre.

Works

Books

  • 1963 Putni laižas pret vēju (poems) Birds fly against the wind
  • 1964 Putenī (children's book) In the snowstorm
  • 1966 Stāsti par laimi (short stories) stories of happiness
  • 1967 Vistu elks (criminal history) Hühnergott
  • 1969 Smagās sirdis (stories) with a heavy heart
  • 1970 Nemiera sirdis (short stories) Restless hearts
  • 1970 Mans pavasaris (short story) My spring
  • 1970 Directora klints. Brigitas brīnums (detective novels) Director's rock / Brigitta's miracle
  • 1973 Akācija akmens pagalmā (stories) Acacia stone in the yard
  • 1977 Bailes (novel) Under the spell of fear
  • 1977 Soļi (narrative) steps
  • 1980 Atgriešanās (short stories) conversion
  • 1983 Signe (novel) Signe
  • 1987 Visu rožu roze (Stories) All Rosen Rose
  • 1992 Vecis (short stories) An old man
  • 1993 Rēgi (novel) Ghosts
  • 1999–2002 Likteņa līdumnieki ( The Pioneers of Fate ), novel tetralogy, first published in the newspaper Lauku avīze ( Land-Zeitung )
    • 1999 1st part: Enijas bize ( Enijas Zopf )
    • 1999 Part 2: Zem Marsa debesīm ( Under the Mars Sky )
    • 2000 Part 3: Nārbuļu dēli ( [Lord] sons of quail wheat )
    • 2002 Part 4: Mantinieki ( The Heirs )
  • 2001 Masku teātris (short stories) mask theater
  • 2005 Atraidīta sindroms (novel) The Rejection Syndrome
  • 2006 Melnais kamols-amols-mols (children's book) Schwarzer Knäuel-Nauel-äuel
  • 2009 Meitene no nekurienes (novel). Girls from nowhere .
  • 2011 Koka kāja, kapu māja. (Memories). Wooden leg, grave house .
  • 2016 Vēstule. (Novel, shared with Māra Svīre). Letter .

Scripts for films

  • 1973 "Šahs briljantu karalienei" ( chess for the diamond queen; together with Miermīlis Steigs and Lazars Volfs; director: A. Brenčs)
  • 1977 "Zem apgāztā mēness" ( Under the fallen moon ; together with Ēriks Lācis; director: Ēriks Lācis)
  • 1986 "Bailes" ( Fear ; based on the novel of the same name; director: Gunārs Cilinskis)
  • 1992 "Zirneklis" ( Spider ; Director: Vasilijs Mass)
  • 2003ff "Likteņa līdumnieki" TV series based on motifs from the tetralogy of the same name. Screenplay: Māra Svīre , Director: Virdžinija Lejiņa.

Editions in German

  • 1970 The Last Bandit ( Sātans , tale from 1967). Translated from the Latvian by Welta Ehlert . Publishing house culture and progress, Berlin.
  • 1978 The Mute ( Mēmais , story from 1973). From the Latvian by Olga Rosneek and Lia Pirskawetz. In: Welta Ehlert (ed.): Under the wing of a bird Latvian stories from nine decades; Verlag Volk und Welt, Berlin.
  • 1979 His wife ( Sava Sieva ). Translated from the Russian by Nina Letnewa. In: Soviet literature, issue 6/1979.
  • 1982 Satan (reprint of the 1970 edition under the original title of the story of Satan ). Translated from the Latvian by Welta Ehlert. In: Herbert Krempien (ed.): The white horse Scheptalo. Soviet animal tales . Publishing house Philipp Reclam jun., Leipzig.
  • 1985 In the vicious circle of fear ( Bailes , novel from 1977). Based on the Russian edition Страх [Strach] by Thea-Marianne Bobrowski; New Life Publishing House, Berlin.

literature

  • Astrīda Skurbe: Vladimir's Kaijaks . Zinātne Publishing House, Riga 2014. ISBN 978-9984-879-72-7 .
  • Ināra Stašulāne (ed.): Latviešu rakstniecība biogrāfijās . Zinātne Publishing House, Riga 2003. ISBN 9984-698-48-3 .
  • Māra Svīre, Vladimir's Kaijaks: Videoromāns Līdumnieku mantojums . Lauku Avīze Publishing House, Riga 2007 (Subject: Joint film work).
  • Māra Svīre: Orhidejas zem zilām ziemas debesīm Verlag Lauku Avīze, Riga 2004 (subject: The Brazilian journey).
  • Ērika Zimule: Literatūra Rokasgrāmata skolēniem un studentiem . Zvaigzne Publishing House, Riga 2004. ISBN 9984-36-839-4 .
  • Raimonds Briedis: Latviešu literatūras hronika, otrais sējums 1945–2005. Valters un Rapa publishing house, Riga 2006. ISBN 9984-768-40-6 .
  • Viktors Hausmanis et al .: Latviešu literatūras vēsture, trešais sējums . Zvaigzne publishing house, Riga 2000. Published by Latvijas Universitātes Literatūras, folkloras and mākslas institūts . ISBN 9984-17-033-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extensive article by Andris Bernāts about Māra Svīre and Vladimirs Kaijaks on Kasjauns.lv, August 31, 2013 (Latvian).
  2. ↑ Latvijas Radošo Savienību Padome Autorenporträt of the Writers' Union.
personal data
SURNAME Kaijaks, Vladimir's
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lazdovskis, Kārlis Laimonis; Bendrups, Kārlis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Turn
DATE OF DEATH September 12th, 2013
Place of death Staburags, Jaunjelgavas novads