List of Latvian women writers
# 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
