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Maima Grīnberga (1969) is a translator of Estonian and Finnish literature into Latvian. She has been a member of the Estonian Writers’ Union since 2009. Almost twenty Estonian children’s and young-adult titles are included among her 70 translated works.

Translating children’s literature has been one of the greatest sources of joy and “adult education” in my career. One must be much more inventive and creative with children’s literature than when translating adult literature, on the whole.

There is much I would have missed out on if I hadn’t had the opportunities to wrack my brain when translating Belias’s Ossum-Possum or Piret Raud’s Princess Lulu and Mr. Bones; if I hadn’t cracked tough nuts in Andrus Kivirähk’s Oscar and the Things and Anti Saar’s The Way Things Are with Us. Luckily, Latvia already has a long tradition of translated Estonian literature – our readers and publishers have grown used to it.

Translations

Kā tev klājas, Anna?

2002

Ko darīt, Anna?

2006

Kas ar tevi notika, Anna?

2009

Prezidents

2015

Sirli, Sīms un noslēpumi

2009

Princese Skella un Leta kungs

2011

Princese pa pastu

2016

Berts un otrā B

2013

Šeit biju es. Pirmais arests

2006

Tā iet mūsu lietas

2017

Mia ir priecīga

2017

Oskars un lietas

2018

Sniegavīra Ludviga laime

2018

Būt sliktai meitenei ir dievīgi

2019

Visu dienu labiņi

2020

Kā izglābt mazītiņo mammu

2020

Marks, maģija un vilkate Vilma

2020

Perts sprukās

2020

Sniegbaltais un oglmelnais

2018

Legenda par Veco Tomasu

2012

Mortens, Emīlija un zudušās pasaules

2021

Skeleta Juhana gaitas

2022

Zilonis

2023

Burmemme

2022

Kur palika bērni?

2023

Kartupeļa karaļvalsts

2023

Monas untumainais tētis

2024

Mazlietiņ liels

2025

Starp divām skaņām

2025

Awards

2003
The Award of the Latvian Children
2008
Jāņa Baltvilka balva par bērnu un pusaudžu literatūras tulkošanu
2009
Suomen Leijonan Ritarikunnan ritarimerkki
2010
Estonian-Latvian Translation Award
Literatūras gada balva
2011
Estonian Cultural Endowment’s Annual Translation Award
Literatūras gada balva
2012
Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 4th class
2013
Estonian-Latvian Translation Award
2014
Author’s Prize of the Latvian Authors’ Society
2015
Jānis Baltvilks Prize - Jāņa Baltvilka balva
2016
Sudraba Tintnīca - Ventspils International Writers' House Silver Ink Bottle Award for Translation
2018
Jānis Baltvilks Prize - Jāņa Baltvilka balva