Osvalds Zebris (born 21 February 1975) is a

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

n writer and journalist. He studied

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at university, before commencing a career in public relations and communications. His first book was a collection of short stories titled ''Brīvība tīklos''. It won a Latvian Literature Award in 2010. Zebris has also written three novels, one of which titled ''Gaiļu kalna ēnā'' (''In the Shadow of Rooster Hill'') was nominated for the Latvian Literature Award in 2015 and won an

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in 2017. Zebris is a member of the Latvian Writers' Union.

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1975 births Living people Writers from Riga 21st-century Latvian writers {{latvia-writer-stub