![]() Toomas Hendrik Ilves (Estonia) - former Estonian president and writer on digital democracy. Nora Ikstena (Latvia) - literary director and author of the novel Soviet Milk about female experience in Soviet-occupied Latvia Paula Erizanu (Moldova) - arts critic, political commentator and former Culture Editor of The Calvert Journal Žygimantas Kudirka (Lithuania) - rapper, spoken word artist and media commentatorĮmmi Itaranta (Finland) - novelist and commentator author of the dystopian novel Memory Of Water Today - Novelist Emmi Itaranta considers the Finns' reputation as a silent, deadly Resistance, historical connections between her home city of Tampere and Manchester, and the quandary of "resting Finn face". Our essayists across the series include a rapper and media commentator, a former President, a celebrated art critic, a dystopian novelist, and a distinguished literary director. Soviet Milk, her most recent novel, won the 2015 Annual Latvian Literature Award (LALIGABA) for Best Prose. ![]() She has won numerous awards, such as the Order of the Three Stars for services to literature and the Baltic Assembly Prize. ![]() ![]() Their words weave with sounds and encounters from their home city as they explore their country's history, ambitions and distinctive character in the 21st century. She published her first novel, Celebration of Life, in 1998 and has written over twenty books since. ![]() Five cultural figures from the front line of Russia's border with Europe - Lithuania, Finland, Moldova, Latvia and Estonia - explore their national psyche in uncertain times. ![]()
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