List of Latvian women writers

A

• Amanda Aizpuriete, poet, translator, poetry translated into several languages
• Aspazija, pen name of Elza Pliekšāne,, poet, playwright, journalist, feminist

  B

• Ingmāra Balode, poet, translator
• Vizma Belševica, widely translated poet, semi-autobiographical novelist
• Mirdza Bendrupe, writer, translator
• Anna Brigadere, playwright, autobiographer

  E

• Regīna Ezera, pen name of Regīna Šamreto, novelist, short story writer

  H

• Maria Holm, poet, playwright, wrote in German

  J

• Elfriede Jaksch, German-language novelist, short story writer
• Ilze Jaunalksne, journalist, television presenter

  K

• Ivande Kaija, feminist, journalist, novelist
• Mirdza Ķempe, poet, playwright, translator
• Velga Krile, acclaimed poet, playwright
• Marta Krūmiņa-Vitrupe, poet, essayist, chess player

  L

• Nechama Leibowitz, Latvian-born biblical scholar, biblical studies in Hebrew

  M

• Zenta Mauriņa, biographer, essayist, novelist, short story writer, wrote in Latvian and German

  N

• Aīda Niedra, novelist and poet

  P

• Margarita Perveņecka, playwright, novelist

  S

• Irina Saburova, Latvian-born Russian novelist, poet, journalist, translator
• Anna Sakse, writer, editor and translator
• Rūta Skujiņa, Latvian poet
• Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka, children's writer
• Lelde Stumbre, playwright

  T

• Daina Taimina, mathematician, acclaimed writings on mathematics
• Velta Toma, poet

  V

• Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, President of Latvia, essayist, non-fiction writer, writings on folk songs

  Z

• Māra Zālīte, poet, publisher
• Inga Žolude, novelist, short story writer, playwright, translator