Vera Puķe-Puķīte today
Vera in discussion with Māra Zirnīte, 2011.
Vera moved from Gothenburg to Stockholm in 1985, where she still lives in Stockholm’s green suburb of Kista. Vera lives there alone as her husband and daughter have passed away, but her grandchildren – all grown up and living their lives.
Since 1975, Vera has made the journey to Latvia a number of times:
I travelled to Rīga. Oh! Rīga! How pleasant! A sort of very warm feeling came over me. But then again… No, that isn’t my Rīga any more. It’s different. When I return, I think – well, yes, I must be destined to remain here, in Sweden. Looks like that’s how it is.
