In an enormous theatre on many stages there are theatre performances all happening at the same time. Ieva Melgalve is actively involved in Latvian literary circles, literary criticism, and running workshops at the Literary Academy, courses organized by the Latvian Writers' Union. Two of her novels, The Dead won't Forgive and A rrow, Star and Laee, have been nominated for the Annual Latvian Literature Award, and so has her work Moon Theatre/ Mēness teātris (2015). gadu simteņa (1999), and written plays for theatre, her science fiction play in two acts Inhumanity/ Necilvēki being published as an e-book. Melgalve has also published poems, for instance, in the anthology 21 from the 21 st Century/ 21 no 21. This piece was awarded in a young authors competition run by the Ministry of Education of Latvia, and the same year, her mini-novel I was Waiting for Spring to Come, or Ice-heart/ Kā es gaidīju pavasari jeb Ledussirds (1996) was awarded the magazine Karogs prize. She gained greater public recognition with her unintentionally scandalous work of prose titled Definitions/ Definīcijas, published in 1996, because of its honest and uncensored vocabulary and wide popularity among young readers. She started out and got involved in the Latvian literary scene at a rather young age – when she was only 12, participated in the literary youth camp Aicinājums (The Calling) several times. Ieva Melgalve (1981) is a popular Latvian writer of fantasy novels, SF, plays, and other prose genres.
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