Alberts Bels

Ojars Kratins is the translator of Alberts Bels classic work of soviet crime literature, The Cage. Alberts Bels was born in 1938 near Riga in Latvia. He studied for two years at a technical college then joined the Moscow Circus School. His time here was cut short by military service, and subsequently he worked as a draughtsman, sports instructor, and illustrator on archaeological digs. In the 1960s he worked as a professional mime artist. His first and second novels from 1967 and 1972 were very...See more

Ojars Kratins is the translator of Alberts Bels classic work of soviet crime literature, The Cage. Alberts Bels was born in 1938 near Riga in Latvia. He studied for two years at a technical college then joined the Moscow Circus School. His time here was cut short by military service, and subsequently he worked as a draughtsman, sports instructor, and illustrator on archaeological digs. In the 1960s he worked as a professional mime artist. His first and second novels from 1967 and 1972 were very successful and have been translated into a number of languages. The Cage was his third to be translated into English. See less