List of Latvian women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Latvia or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

A

  • Amanda Aizpuriete (born 1956), poet, translator, poetry translated into several languages
  • Aspazija, pen name of Elza Pliekšāne, (1865–1943), poet, playwright, journalist, feminist

B

  • Ingmāra Balode (born 1981), poet, translator
  • Vizma Belševica (1931–2005), widely translated poet, semi-autobiographical novelist
  • Lija Brīdaka (1932–2022), poet
  • Anna Brigadere (1861–1933), playwright, autobiographer

E

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

H

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

J

  • Elfriede Jaksch (1842–1897), German-language novelist, short story writer
  • Ilze Jaunalksne (born 1976), journalist, television presenter

K

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

L

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

M

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

N

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T

V

Z

See also

References

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Lists of women writers by nationality