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Twenty Speakers, But Three Poets: Writing in Livonian
culture deepbalticJuly 15, 2019 0

Twenty Speakers, But Three Poets: Writing in Livonian

Two books of poetry originally written in the Livonian language, spoken by just twenty people, have recently appeared in English translationContinue Reading →

The Unbuilt Soviet Metro System that Haunts Latvia's Capital: Beginnings
Uncategorized deepbalticMay 30, 2019 0

The Unbuilt Soviet Metro System that Haunts Latvia's Capital: Beginnings

Riga was down for a metro – a formally and conceptually adventurous system that would have been the most expensive ever built in the Soviet UnionContinue Reading →

Bridges of Time: How Baltic "Poetic Documentaries" Exposed Soviet Reality
culture deepbalticMarch 29, 2019 0

Bridges of Time: How Baltic "Poetic Documentaries" Exposed Soviet Reality

"They helped audiences to learn to see... not only to watch, but to see. To see and think and read between the lines."Continue Reading →

Learning Yiddish and Searching for Jewish Lithuania: Laura Esther Wolfson
Erin Crouch deepbalticJanuary 31, 2019 0

Learning Yiddish and Searching for Jewish Lithuania: Laura Esther Wolfson

Laura Esther Wolfson's collection of non-fiction covers the author’s life and travels in the United States, France and the former Soviet Union, including a couple of interludes in LithuaniaContinue Reading →

"It Flew Like a Shooting Star": Sartre and De Beauvoir's Week in Soviet Lithuania
Uncategorized deepbalticJanuary 7, 2019 0

"It Flew Like a Shooting Star": Sartre and De Beauvoir's Week in Soviet Lithuania

In July 1965, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir arrived in Soviet-occupied Vilnius. Their week-long stay in Lithuania was to leave a deep impressionContinue Reading →

Sixteen Thousand Voices in Perfect Harmony: Latvia's Incredible Song Festival
Uncategorized deepbalticNovember 20, 2018 0

Sixteen Thousand Voices in Perfect Harmony: Latvia's Incredible Song Festival

Latvia's huge Song and Dance Festival has been recognised as a masterpiece of humanity by UNESCO – and its participants are increasingly multinationalContinue Reading →

From Soviet Border Guard Station to Sauna: Off-Road on Vormsi Island
Uncategorized deepbalticOctober 19, 2018 0

From Soviet Border Guard Station to Sauna: Off-Road on Vormsi Island

One cabin was used for accommodating border guards while the other housed a projector that was large enough to light up the coastline.Continue Reading →

Answering the Call of the Bonfire: Estonia's Poetics of Endangered Species
culture deepbalticSeptember 14, 2018 0

Answering the Call of the Bonfire: Estonia's Poetics of Endangered Species

Severe pollution threatens the entire Baltic Sea ecosystem. Blending poetry and art, a new book draws attention to Estonian wildlife at risk of disappearance.Continue Reading →

Fiction: Jaroslavas Melnikas – "The Grand Piano Room"
culture deepbalticJuly 2, 2018 0

Fiction: Jaroslavas Melnikas – "The Grand Piano Room"

"What was strange was not the fact that the piano room had disappeared, but that it had ever actually existed"Continue Reading →

Siluett: the Estonian Fashion Magazine that Took the USSR by Storm
Uncategorized deepbalticJune 25, 2018 0

Siluett: the Estonian Fashion Magazine that Took the USSR by Storm

Launched in 1958 by the Tallinn Fashion House, Siluett was arguably the one truly agenda-setting fashion magazine the Soviet Union produced.Continue Reading →

A Dream in the Latvian Countryside: Remaking the National Painter's House
culture deepbalticJune 11, 2018 0

A Dream in the Latvian Countryside: Remaking the National Painter's House

In 1998, Dutch museologist Margriet Lestraden bought the remote birth house of "the father of Latvian art", a man she then knew nothing about.Continue Reading →

The Silenced Muse: the Life of a Murdered Jewish Lithuanian Poet
Feature Article deepbalticMay 8, 2018 0

The Silenced Muse: the Life of a Murdered Jewish Lithuanian Poet

Matilda Olkin's short life and her poems stand as a testament that the fragile beauty of the written word gives us strength even in humanity’s darkest hour.Continue Reading →

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