Book opening event: Aleksandrs Grīns novel “Blizzard of Souls”

Embassy of Latvia in Estonia kindly invites you to attend the opening of the Estonian language edition of Aleksandrs Grīns novel “Blizzard of Souls” — “Hingetuisk” (“Dvēseļu putenis”).
This epic historical novel is written in 1934, translated by Contra and published by publishing house Grenader.

The event will take place in Tartu 11 November 2025 18.00 – 21.00 at TYPA Centre.

The programme:
• Opening remarks by H.E.Mrs Kristīne Našeniece, Ambassador of Latvia
• Remarks by Mr. Peeter Tali, Chairman of the Estonia-Latvia Parliamentary Friendship Group of the Riigikogu
• Remarks by Contra, poet and translator (in Estonian, with interpretation into the English)
• Lecture “Latvian Riflemen in the First World War: History, Memory, Significance” by Mg. hist. Jānis Tomaševskis, Historian, Latvian War Museum.
• Refreshments

The Blizzard of Souls is a semi-autobiographical war story where the main protagonist is a young Latvian schoolboy who enlists in a Latvian Riflemen battalion and participates in battles of the First World War and Latvian War of Independence. Aleksandrs Grīns had written the novel about the birth and maturity of Latvian nation and country- how the independence idea is born, matures and comes true. At the same time the story carries a timeless and powerful anti-war message.

The event is organized in the framework of the celebrations of the 107th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Latvia and supported by “Latvian Literature”, Latvian War Museum, Riigikogu (Estonia-Latvia Parliamentary Friendship Group), publishing house “Grenader”.