Kristīne Ulberga


Kristīne Ulberga is a Latvian novelist.

Biography

Kristīne Ulberga was born in Riga in 1979. She obtained a degree in theology from the University of Latvia.

Career

Ulberga began her writing career with a young adult novel Es grāmatas nelasu in 2008. It was written in response to her partner's son who did not like to read in order to encourage him to do so.
The debut work received the Jānis Baltvilks Prize. Two more novels in this series appeared that same year: Es grāmatas nelasu 2 and Virtuālais eņģelis. These books were adopted into the Latvian school curriculum, and optioned for film rights.
Published in 2011, Ulberga's Zaļā vārna was her first book for adults. It received the Raimonds Gerkens Prize, and the Latvian Literature Annual Award for best prose work. An English translation was published in 2018 by as part of the Peter Owen World Series: Baltic Season.

Selected works

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