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.

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A

• Amanda Aizpuriete (1956–2023), poet, translator, poetry translated into several languages
• Lidiia Alekseeva (1909–1989), poet, translator and writer of short stories
• 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

I

• Nora Ikstena (1969–2026), writer, novelist

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

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

P

• Margarita Perveņecka (born 1976), playwright, novelist

S

• Irina Saburova (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 (born 1952), playwright

T

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

V

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

Z

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

See also

• List of Latvians
• List of women writers