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Artis Ostups (born in 1988 in Madona, Latvia) studied Philosophy at the University of Latvia in Riga and is now doing research there in the Institute for Literature, Folklore and Art. He curates exhibitions for the Literature and Music Museum in Riga and is editor-in-chief of the online magazine Punctum.

As well as poetry Ostups writes literary criticism and essays. His work is precise, sensuous and heavily involved with cultural themes. His poems have been translated into English, German, French, Russian, Lithuanian, Slovenian and Croatian and earned him the 2010 Prize of the International Writers’ and Translators’ House in Ventspils. He has published three collections of poems.

Artis Ostups (1988) is a Latvian poet, translator and essayist. He is currently editor-in-chief of the online magazine Punctum, as well as an author of essays on literature and philosophy. His poems have been published in some of the major literary periodicals and magazines in Latvia.