Alberts Bels

Jānis Cīrulis, who would take the name Alberts Bels, was born on 6 October 1938 in Jaunmežplēpji, in the parish of Ropaži. He studied electrical engineering in Riga, attended the Moscow circus school, then took courses in screenwriting and directing in the same city, and became a professional writer. His first novel, in 1967, was praised for its innovative form; the second, censored, did not appear until 1987. Winner of the Andrejs Upīts Prize in 1977, deputy of the Supreme Council from 1990 to 1993, he died on 11 June 2024.

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