Madara Gruntmane

Madara Gruntmane (1981) is a poet and recipient of 2015 Latvian Literature

Readers’ Choice Award for her book Narkozes (Narcoses) and of the 2019 Public Broadcasting Award for her second poetry volume Dzērājmeitiņa (Drunk Daddy’s Girl). Her third book Aizmīlestība (Afterlove) was published in 2022. She has been invited in several international literary festivals. She works with creative collectives to produce cultural art events throughout Latvia. She has been awarded as the Honorary Writing Fellowship at Iowa University’s International Writing Program (IWP).

Poem from Narcoses (Parthian Books, 2019)

Translated by from Latvian by Richard O’Brien and Mārta Ziemelis

Arna aistriú ón Laitvis ag Colm Breathnach

Reproduced by kind permission of the author and publisher