Jānis Joņevs
Latvian writer
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| Intro | Latvian writer | |
| A.K.A. | Janis Jonevs | |
| A.K.A. | Janis Jonevs | |
| Places | Latvia | |
| is | Writer | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 21 March 1980, Jelgava | |
| Age | 44 years | |
| Star sign | Aries |
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Biography
Jānis Joņevs is a Latvian writer. He was born in 1980 in Jelgava. After studying at the local Gymnasium in Jelgava, he went to Riga for his higher education and earned a Master's degree from the Latvian Academy of Culture. Joņevs is best known for his debut novel Jelgava'94 which was a bestseller upon its release in 2013. The book later won the EU Prize for Literature.