From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of women writers who were born in
Latvia or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
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Amanda Aizpuriete (born 1956), poet, translator, poetry translated into several languages
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Aspazija, pen name of Elza Pliekšāne, (1865–1943), poet, playwright, journalist, feminist
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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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Ivande Kaija (1876–1942), feminist, journalist, novelist
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Mirdza Ķempe (1907–1974), poet, playwright, translator
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Velga Krile (1945–1991), acclaimed poet, playwright
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Monta Kroma (1919–1994), modernist poet
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Marta Krūmiņa-Vitrupe (1908–2010), poet, essayist, chess player
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Nechama Leibowitz (1905–1997), Latvian-born biblical scholar, biblical studies in Hebrew
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Zenta Mauriņa (1897–1978), biographer, essayist, novelist, short story writer, wrote in Latvian and German
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Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (born 1937), President of Latvia, essayist, non-fiction writer, writings on folk songs
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Māra Zālīte (born 1952), poet, publisher
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Inga Žolude (born 1984), novelist, short story writer, playwright, translator
See also
References
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