Raibīs (Latvia)

Raibīs (the pseudonym of Oskars Orlovs, 1983) is a poet, writer, playwright, musician, and sometimes a cartoonist. He has written two short story collections, two plays, and the poetry collection “Pistacejis” (“Pistachios”), which won the 2017 Bonuks Award for Best Achievement in Latgalian Literature and was shortlisted for Best Poetry Collection at the 2018 Latvian Literature Award.

In 2020, he partook in the three Latgalian poets bilingual edition “Pādejais modeļs / The Last model”, translated by Jayde Will and published by Francis Boutle Publishers in London.

His poems are translated into Welsh, English, Polish and Frysk. He is also the author of the postcard set “Obrozi” (2021). Currently, he is drawing and creating the comics “Daugavpils Beavers” and working on his second poetry collection entitled “Vysi vuordi” (“All the Words”). In addition, he and his team are working on a book of Raibis’s poems for publication in Poland.