Māra Zālīte

Māra Zālīte
Born	(1952-02-18)February 18, 1952 Krasnoyarsk Soviet Union (now Russia)
Nationality	Latvian
Known for	Literature
Awards	Order of Three Stars

Māra Zālīte (born February 18, 1952) is a Latvian writer.

Bibliography

Mara Zalite was born in the city of Krasnoyarsk, in Siberia (Russia), where her family had been deported. In 1975 she graduated from the department of Philology at the University of Latvia (a former State University). Between years 1974 and 1989, Mara Zalite worked as a technical assistant at the Writers’ Union of Latvia, as a manager of the New Writers’ Studio and as a poetry consultant for the magazine “Liesma”. In 1989 she became a chief editor of the publishing house and magazine “Karogs”, a position she held until 2000, when she became a president of the Latvian Authors’ Association. She is also a trust member of the National Library Board, a member of the Copyright Advisory Council of The Ministry of Culture, a member of National Cultural Council, an honorary member of the Academy of Sciences, a member of the City Council of the Three-Star Order (since 1999), and a chairman of a State Language Commission (2002–2004). She has been awarded the Three Star Order, Commemorative Medal of Barricades and has received several literary prizes.

Poetry

Vakar zaļajā zālē 1977

Rīt varbūt 1979

Deviņpuiku spēks 1985

Nav vārdam vietas 1985

Debesis, debesis 1988

Apkārtne 1997

Dzeja 2003

Poetry

Pilna Māras istabiņa 1981

Tiesa 1985

Dzīvais ūdens 1988

Eža kažociņš 1991

Margarēta 2000

Tobāgo! 2001

Zemes nodoklis 2003

Še tev Žūpu Bērtulis! 2004

Librettos

Lāčplēsis 1987

Meža gulbji 1995

Putnu opera 1997

"Kaupēn, mans mīļais!" 1998

Indriķa hronika 1999

Neglītais pīlēns 2000

Sfinksa 2000