tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post5737180921876040735..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: Latvia via SwedishDavid McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-30143802552880822252009-06-14T12:12:10.840+01:002009-06-14T12:12:10.840+01:00Unlike many Balts, I believe in the Baltic states ...Unlike many Balts, I believe in the Baltic states as an entity, although they should now be called "countries" as they have a majority ethno-language population with a literary and other culture, and are not entirely dreamed up by border-makers.<br /><br />Estonia has more in common with Latvia than appears at first glance. When Livonia existed (in the colonial sense of the term) this Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-12250367646474058232009-06-13T09:44:01.916+01:002009-06-13T09:44:01.916+01:00There's a good Latvian blog here, though it ha...There's a good Latvian blog <a href="http://lettonica.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">here</a>, though it hasn't been updated for some time. <br /><br />I'm always a bit doubtful about the category of "the Baltic States" - I can see that Latvia and Lithuania may fit it quite well, but Estonia surely has much more in common with Finland, and thus with the rest of Scandinavia, David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-9911490943124398282009-06-12T21:46:28.145+01:002009-06-12T21:46:28.145+01:00It was through Swedish that I (being Ukrainian) di...It was through Swedish that I (being Ukrainian) discovered contemporary Latvian (as well as Estonian and Lithuanian) poetry. So that is one of advantages of knowing Swedish as well. :-)Лев Грицюк | Lev Hrytsyukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417442293325082648noreply@blogger.com