Juris Kronbergs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Juris Kronbergs

Latvian-Swedish poet

Date of Birth: 09-Aug-1946

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Profession: poet, translator

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Juris Kronbergs (born 1946) is a Latvian-Swedish poet and translator, living in Stockholm. In Latvia, he is best known for his poetry, written in Latvian.
His most acknowledged book is Vilks vienacis (Wolf One-Eye, 1996), which has been published in Swedish, English and Estonian.
In Sweden, Kronbergs is the most prolific translator of Latvian literature into Swedish.
Since the late 1970s, he has translated numerous volumes of poetry and fiction by Imants Ziedonis, Vizma Belševica, Knuts Skujenieks, Uldis Berzinš, Sandra Kalniete, Janis Elsbergs, Edvins Raups, Inguna Jansone and other authors, as well as an anthology of Latvian poetry and a selection of Latvian folk-songs.