This is a list of women writers who were born in

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 ...

or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

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Amanda Aizpuriete Amanda Aizpuriete (28 March 1956 – 22 October 2023) was a Latvian poet and translator. Biography Aizpuriete published seven collections of poems in Latvian language, Latvian. Her works have been translated into at least 14 languages. Eric Fu ...

(born 1956), poet, translator, poetry translated into several languages *

Aspazija Aspazija was the pen name of Elza Johanna Emilija Lizete Pliekšāne (née Elza Rozenberga; 16 March 1865 – 5 November 1943), a Latvian poet and playwright. Aspazija is the Latvian transliteration of Aspasia. Biography Aspazija was born ...

, pen name of Elza Pliekšāne, (1865–1943), poet, playwright, journalist, feminist

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* Ingmāra Balode (born 1981), poet, translator *

Vizma Belševica Vizma Belševica (May 30, 1931 – August 6, 2005) was a Latvian poet, writer and translator. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Biography Belševica was born in Riga. Her father Žanis Belševics was a worker, and her mothe ...

(1931–2005), widely translated poet, semi-autobiographical novelist *

Lija Brīdaka Lija Brīdaka (3 September 1932 – 19 September 2022) was a Latvian poet. References

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(1932–2022), poet *

Anna Brigadere Anna Brigadere (October 1, 1861, in Tērvete – June 25, 1933, in Tērvete) was a writer, playwright and poet from Latvia. Biography Her first story was published in 1896. In 1897, she turned her focus exclusively to literary work, and her ...

(1861–1933), playwright, autobiographer

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* Regīna Ezera, pen name of Regīna Šamreto (1930–2002), novelist, short story writer

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* Maria Holm (1845–1912), poet, playwright, wrote in German

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* Elfriede Jaksch (1842–1897), German-language novelist, short story writer *

Ilze Jaunalksne Ilze Jaunalksne-Rēdere, born November 19, 1976 in Jūrmala) is a Latvian journalist and an author and anchor of the TV3 Latvia current affairs program ''Nekā personīga'' (Nothing Personal) since 2008. From 2005 to 2008 she was an anchor for t ...

(born 1976), journalist, television presenter

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* Ivande Kaija (1876–1942), feminist, journalist, novelist * Mirdza Ķempe (1907–1974), poet, playwright, translator * Velga Krile (1945–1991), acclaimed poet, playwright * Monta Kroma (1919–1994), modernist poet *

Marta Krūmiņa-Vitrupe Marta Krūmiņa-Vitrupe (March 29, 1908, in Vitrupe, Kreis Wolmar, Governorate of Livonia (now Limbaži Municipality, Latvia) as Marta Legzdiņa – February 6, 2010, in New York City, US) was a Latvian poet, writer and chess master who won th ...

(1908–2010), poet, essayist, chess player

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Nechama Leibowitz Nechama Leibowitz ( he, נחמה ליבוביץ׳; September 3, 1905 – April 12, 1997 ) was a noted Israeli Bible scholar and commentator who rekindled interest in Bible study. Biography Nechama Leibowitz was born to an Orthodox Jewish fami ...

(1905–1997), Latvian-born biblical scholar, biblical studies in Hebrew

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Zenta Mauriņa Zenta Mauriņa (15 December 1897 – 25 April 1978) was a Latvian writer, essayist, translator, and researcher in philology. She was married to the Electronic Voice Phenomena researcher Konstantin Raudive.* Biography Born to doctor Roberts ...

(1897–1978), biographer, essayist, novelist, short story writer, wrote in Latvian and German

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* Aīda Niedra (1899–1972), novelist and poet

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* Margarita Perveņecka (born 1976), playwright, novelist

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Irina Saburova Irina Evgenyevna Saburova (russian: Ирина Евгеньевна Сабурова, 1 April 1907 – 22 November 1979) was a Russian writer, poet, translator, and magazine editor. Biography Saburova was born in Riga, Latvia, and lived th ...

(1907–1979), Latvian-born Russian novelist, poet, journalist, translator * Anna Sakse (1905–1981), writer, editor and translator * Rūta Skujiņa (1907–1964), Latvian poet * Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka (1914–2014), children's writer *

Lelde Stumbre Lelde Stumbre (born 30 January 1952) is a Latvian dramatist and politician. Author of many plays, she also wrote the screenplay to '' Lai tev labi klājas!'', a 1995 TV series. She was a candidate for the Latvian parliament in 2011, but finished ...

(born 1952), playwright

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* Daina Taimina (born 1954), mathematician, acclaimed writings on mathematics * Velta Toma (1912–1999), poet

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Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (born 1 December 1937) is a Latvian politician who served as the sixth President of Latvia from 1999 to 2007. She is the first woman to hold the post. She was elected President of Latvia in 1999 and re-elected for the seco ...

(born 1937), President of Latvia, essayist, non-fiction writer, writings on folk songs

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Māra Zālīte Māra Zālīte (born 18 February 1952 in Krasnoyarsk) is a Latvian writer and cultural worker. Zālīte's literary works include poetry, essays, plays, drama, prose and librettos. They often deal with historical problems and have symbolic mean ...

(born 1952), poet, publisher * Inga Žolude (born 1984), novelist, short story writer, playwright, translator

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