On 13 September at the closing ceremony of the "Poetry Festival" the winners of "The Poetry Days Award" were announced. This year they are two - Jānis Hvoinskis for his collection "The Muse of the City N" and Raimonds Ķirķis for his debut collection "Maps", both published by Neputns.

Nominees for the 2020 Poetry Days Award were four poetry collections, including "The Presence of Beauty" by Krišjānis Zeļģis, and two translations - Osip Mandelstam "Poetry", translated by Einārs Pelšs and Charles Bukowski "The Bite", translated by Jānis Elsbergs.

Uldis Bērziņš received the award for his translation of the epic poem Cantar de Mio Cid (published by Neputns), that is the oldest Spanish literature monument preserved until today. Bērziņš came accross the epic text during his school years and later has devoted many years to its translation and deep study of the text.

Photo: the Annual Latvian Literature Award

Neputns Gallery offers three various gift cards  - € 10 , € 20 and € 50.