Gundega Repše (born 13 January 1960,

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n writer. She received the Annual Latvian Literature Award in 2000 for her novel ''Thumbelina'' (''Īkstīte''). In 2018, Repše was awarded the Baltic Assembly Literature Award.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Repse, Gundega 1960 births Living people 20th-century Latvian women writers 21st-century Latvian women writers Latvian women novelists 20th-century novelists 21st-century novelists Writers from Riga