title: List of Latvian women writers
text: # 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
  