Brenda Lelie (1984) studied psychology in the Netherlands. After falling in love with Latvia and moving to an old wooden house in a Latvian forest she discovered that no Latvian literature had yet been translated directly from Latvian to Dutch and decided to pick up this task. She took part in literary mentor programs both in Latvia and the Netherlands. In 2023 her first translation (Moedermelk, after Nora Ikstena's Mātes piens) was published by Uitgeverij Koppernik. Literary magazine Terras published translations from her hand of five short stories from Andris Kuprišs. At the moment she is working on a translation of Gulta ar zelta kāju (The bed with the golden leg) from Zigmunds Skujiņš.
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Brenda Lelie. Latvia: Three Generations of Women in Soviet Latvia // Nederlandse boekengids, December 2024 [NL]
Brenda Lelie. Translators Luck Tour // Hebban, August 2024 [NL]
Brenda Lelie. Soviet Milk // Lezersgoud, September 2023 [NL]
About translating Nora Ikstena's Mother's Milk // Athenaeum, September 2023 [NL]
Brenda Lelie. PROSE Call me calendar Andris Kalnozols // Pasuit, August, 2023 [NL]
Brenda Lelie. PROSE Jelgava 94 by Jānis Joņevs // Pasuit, July, 2023 [NL]
Moedermelk
Moedermelk (Mātes piens)
Title
: MoedermelkTitle*
: Mātes piensAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:Dutch
Publisher
:Koppernik
Pages
:215
Year
:2023
Copyrights
:the author
Synopsis
:The novel deals with the post-war period and follows the destinies of three generations of women, with the narrative focused mostly on the 1970s and 1980s.
Het Bed met de gouden poot
Het Bed met de gouden poot (Gulta ar zelta kāju)
Title
: Het Bed met de gouden pootTitle*
: Gulta ar zelta kājuAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:Dutch
Publisher
:Uitgeverij Prometheus
Pages
:528
Year
:2025
Copyrights
:The author
Synopsis
:This novel tells the story of the Vējgalu family over several decades. The action takes place mainly in the village of Zunte, where most of the family grew up.
De kooi
De kooi (Būris)
Title
: De kooiTitle*
: BūrisAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:Dutch
Publisher
:Uitgeverij Oevers
Pages
:208
Year
:2026
Copyrights
:The author
Synopsis
:Edmunds Berz, a married man and a successful architect, disappears without a trace. The solution to his disappearance is one of the most ingenious in modern fiction.
