Pauls Bankovskis

Writer and journalist Pauls Bankovskis (born 1973) was born in Līgatne, Latvia. He studied glass art at the Riga School for Applied Arts and Philosophy at the University of Latvia (1992–1996). His prose was first published in 1993. A prolific author, he has now published 10 novels, several collections of short stories, books and works of non-fiction, and film scripts. In 2007 Pauls Bankovskis published his first children’s book, The Tiny-Noggins’ Play House (Mazgalvīši spēlē mājās) which was awarded the International Jānis Baltvilks Prize. Bankovskis' works have been translated into German, Czech, Finnish and English. His latest novel, 18, was published within a series of historical novels entitled We. Latvia. The 20th Century, and discusses 1918, the year the Republic of Latvia was declared.