Farewell to the deceased writer is scheduled for 11 a.m. at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Riga.
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Bankovskis’ family asks not to bring funeral wreaths to the ceremony.
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Bankovskis was born in 1973 in Līgatne, studied at the Riga Secondary School of Applied Arts and studied philosophy at the University of Latvia.
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Since 1993 he has published prose, his works include “The Book of Time”, “Plan of Ice”, “Soviet Latvian Woman”, “Check, Ball and Rock’n’Roll”, “Secrets”, “Eurorepair”, “Offshore”, “Clothes or Adam ‘s costume “,” Holy Boccasin Tree “,” Good always wins “,” School “,” 18 “,” World history “. Several of his works have also been translated into foreign languages.
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Bankovskis was also the co-author of the screenplay for the film “Baiga vasara”, as well as created the screenplays for the films “Klucis – the Wrong Latvian”, “Passengers”, “Burning”.
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During his studies, he worked as a freelance writer for the newspapers “Literatūra un Māksla”, “Labrīt”, the magazine “Rīgas Laiks”, later also for the newspaper “Diena” and the portal “Ir.lv”.
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The State Police has initiated criminal proceedings for the death of writer and publicist Bankovskis.
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