Čaklais worked at the newspapers "Literatūra un Māksla" (Literature and Art) and "Literatūra un Māksla Latvijā” (Literature and Art in Latvia), and for the Radio Free Europe. In 2000, Čaklais was a member of the Latvian delegation to the European writers project Literature Express Europe 2000.
From 2000 to 2003, he was the editor-in-chief of the literary journal Karogs.
Following re-establishing of Latvian independence in 1990, Čaklais received the Fridtjof Nansen International Award (1994), the Latvian Annual Literature Award (2000), the Order of the Three Stars (2000), and the Herder Prize (2002).
He died in Riga in 2003.
Bibliography
Poetry
Pagaidu latvietis [A Provisional Latvian]. Riga: Elpa (2002)
Mana mājas lapa tavai mājas lapai [From My Homepage to Yours]. Riga: Jāņa Rozes apgāds (2000)
Vientuļš riteņbraucējs [A Lonely Cyclist]. Riga: Preses nams (1997)
Izgāja bulvārī Brīvība [The Freedom Went Out on the Boulevard]. (1994)
Saule rakstāmgaldā [The Sun in the Writing Desk]. Riga: Liesma (1975)
Dzer avotu, ceļiniek [Drink from the Spring, Traveler]. Riga: Liesma (1969)
Izaicinājums. Pirmā Latvijas Valsts prezidente Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga [A Challenge: the First Woman President of Latvia, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga]. Riga: Pētergailis (2003)
Gaismas kungs jeb sāga par Gunaru Birkertu [The Lord of Light or a Saga on Gunārs Birkerts]. Riga: Pētergailis (2002)
ImKa (par komponistu Imantu Kalniņu) [about composer Imants Kalniņš, ImKa: Imants Kalniņš in Time and Space]. Riga: Jumava (1998)
Laiks iegravē sejas [Time Engraves Faces]. Riga: Jāņa Rozes apgāds (2000)
Dzeguzes balss (dzeja) [The Voice of a Cuckoo (poetry)]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC (2000)
Uzraksti uz sētas [Writing on a Fence]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC (1999)
Četri balti krekli (dzeja) [Four White Shirts (poetry)]. Riga: Liesma (1991)
Uz manām trepēm (dzeja) [Come To My Stairwell (poetry)]. Riga: Liesma (1979)
Spīdola un putnusuņi. 50 mīlas dzejoļi [Spidola and the Bird-dogs. 50 love poems]. Riga: Likteņstāsti (1977)
Viņi dejoja vienu vasaru. Dziesmu teksti [They Danced for Only One Summer. Song lyrics]. Riga: Likteņstāsti (1966)
Literature
Rolfs Ekmanis. Harmonizer of disharmony. Latvian poet and editor Māris Čaklais. Journal of Baltic Studies. Vol 40. No. 2. June 2009. pp. 215–243, Latvian translation: jaunagaita.net
References
^Rižijs, Marians (22 April 2020). "DZEJNIEKS MĀRIS ČAKLAIS". Rakstniecības un mūzikas muzejs (in Latvian). Retrieved 17 August 2020.