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
- 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