Ilona Leimane

Rakstniece Ilona Leimane dzimusi Rīgā 1905.gada 5.oktobrī namsaimnieku Jūlija un Lienes Hermīnes Leimaņu ģimenē. Jūlija Leimaņa māte Kristīne, dzimusi Endzelīna, bijusi valodnieka Jāņa Endzelīna māsa. Tas ietekmējis nākamās rakstnieces Ilonas Leimanes sevišķi lielo interesi par valodas bagātību.
Bērnībā Ilona vasaras pavadījusi pie vecmāmiņas un vectētiņa Ilzes un Indriķa Kļaviņiem Suntažu pagasta Eļmos. Apkārtējā daba uz meiteni atstājusi lielu iespaidu. Lielu ietekmi uz Ilonu atstāj vecaistēvs Indriķis, senu nostāstu zinātājs un labs stāstītājs, pagasta vecākais un izslavēts vārdotājs, kas jaunībā bijis arī skolotājs. Šķiet tieši vectēva ietekmē krāšņākā rakstnieces daiļrades daļa saistās ar senatni un no vectēva dzirdētie nostāsti atradu

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Latviešu rakstnieks, kritiķis un literatūrzinātnieks. Dzimis Skrīveros rentnieka ģimenē. Mācījies Skrīveru pagastskolā, pēc tam izglītojies pašmācības ceļā, galvenokārt apgūstot valodas - vācu, krievu, angļu, franču un itāļu. Strādājis par skolotāju, tulkotāju, bijis aktīvs sabiedriskais darbinieks.
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Valdis

Valdis (īstajā vārdā Voldemārs Zālītis) dzimis 1865. gada 28. septembrī Sausnējas muižā dārznieka ģimenē. Mācījies Stukmaņu muižas skolā, tad Subatē, beidzis Biržu draudzes skolu. Izglītību turpinājis Baltijas skolotāju seminārā Rīgā (1882 - 1886), studiju nolūkos apceļojis Vāciju, Šveici, Itāliju.
Gadu nostrādājis Kokneses draudzes skolā, tad mācījies Viļņas skolotāju institūtā (1887 - 1890. gadam), to beidzis ar sudraba medaļu.
No 1890. gada strādājis Rīgā savienotajās pirmmācības skolās par skolotāju.
Pirmā pasaules kara laikā bijis skolotājs latviešu bēgļu skolā Tērbatā (1915-1918), pēc atgriešanās Rīgā strādājis dažādās skolās (1918-1919). Pēc tam līdz 1927. gadam bijis pārzinis savienotajās pirmmācības skolās (vēlāk - pamatskolās; 199
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Kārlis Skalbe

Kārlis Skalbe was a Latvian writer, poet, and activist. He is best known for his 72 fairy tales which are really written for adults.

Kārlis Skalbe dzimis 1879. gada 7. novembrī Cēsu apriņķa Vecpiebalgas pagasta Incēnos kalēja ģimenē. Mācījies Veļķu pagastskolā un Vecpiebalgas draudzes skolā. Jau 16 gadu vecumā laikrakstā "Balss" publicējis savu pirmo dzejoli "Sapnis". Skalbe bijis laukstrādnieks, kolportieris, vēršu dzinējs, kas viņam netraucēja 1898. gadā izdot savu pirmo grāmatu - dzejojumu "Pie jūras". Nozīmīga bijusi iepazīšanās ar Rūdolfu Blaumani, kas kļuva par tuvu draugu un literāro krusttēvu. Strādājot par skolotāju Ērgļos (1901‒1904), Skalbe iepazinās arī ar Antonu Austriņu, Jāni Akurateru, Jāni Poruku, bet galvenais ar Lizeti Erdm
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Émile Zola

Émile Zola was a prominent French novelist, journalist, and playwright widely regarded as a key figure in the development of literary naturalism. His work profoundly influenced both literature and society through its commitment to depicting reality with scientific objectivity and exploring the impact of environment and heredity on human behavior. Born and raised in France, Zola experienced early personal hardship following the death of his father, which deeply affected his understanding of social and economic struggles—a theme that would later permeate his writings.
Zola began his literary career working as a clerk for a publishing house, where he developed his skills and cultivated a passion for literature. His early novels, such as Thérèse
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Imants Ziedonis

Dzejnieks un publicists. Dzimis zvejnieka ģimenē 1933. gadā Ragaciemā – nelielā ciemā pie Rīgas jūras līča. Bijis ceļu strādnieks, skolotājs Slokā, bibliotekārs Ķemeru bibliotēkā. Publicējas kopš 1957. gada. Neklātienē beidzis LVU latviešu valodas un literatūras nodaļu (1959) un Augstākos literatūras kursus Maskavā (1964). Kopš 60. gadu vidus nodarbojas galvenokārt ar literatūru.
Bijis Latvijas Kultūras fonda dibinātājs un pirmais priekšsēdētājs (1987-1993), Latvijas Republikas Augstākās padomes un Saeimas deputāts un Latvijas Institūta vadītājs (1998-2000).
Sarakstījis scenāriju dokumentālajai filmai “Gada reportāža” (kopā ar H. Franku, 1965), mākslas filmām “Pūt, vējiņi!” (kopā ar G. Piesi, 1973), “Puika” (kopā ar Aivaru Freimani, 1977) u
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Miha Kovač

Miha Kovac is associate professor at the Department for Library and Information science and Book Studies, School of Arts, University of Ljubljana. His main research speciality are contemporary book markets.
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Daphne du Maurier

Daphne du Maurier was born on 13 May 1907 at 24 Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park, London, the middle of three daughters of prominent actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and actress Muriel, née Beaumont. In many ways her life resembles a fairy tale. Born into a family with a rich artistic and historical background, her paternal grandfather was author and Punch cartoonist George du Maurier, who created the character of Svengali in the 1894 novel Trilby, and her mother was a maternal niece of journalist, author, and lecturer Comyns Beaumont. She and her sisters were indulged as a children and grew up enjoying enormous freedom from financial and parental restraint. Her elder sister, Angela du Maurier, also became a writer, and her younger sist
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Nora Ikstena

Nora Ikstena is a prose writer and essayist. Ikstena is one of the most visible and influential prose writers in Latvia, known for elaborat style and detailed approach to language. After obtaining a degree in Philology from the University of Latvia in 1992, she went on to study English literature at Columbia University. In her prose, Nora Ikstena often reflects on life, love, death and faith. Soviet Milk (2015, shortlisted for the Annual Literature Award for best prose), Besa (2012), Celebration of Life (1998), The Virgin's Lesson (2001) are some of her most widely appreciated novels.

The novel Amour Fou has been staged for theatre, and published in Russian (2010); other works have been translated into Lithuanian, Estonian, Georgian, Swedish
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Alberts Bels

Alberts Bels (līdz 1971. gadam Jānis Cīrulis)mācījies Elektrotehnikas fakultātē Celtniecības tehnikumā Rīgā, no 1955. gada līdz 1956. gadam Maskavā Valsts Cirka mākslas skolā, pēc obligātās karaklausības kā eksterns beidzis vidusskolu Rīgā. Mācījies Augstākajos scenāristu kursos Maskavā. Kopš 1963. gada nodarbojas ar rakstniecību. No 1990. līdz 1993. gadam Latvijas Republikas Augstākās padomes deputāts.
A. Belam piešķirta A. Upīša prēmija (1977), LPSR Nopelniem bagātā kultūras darbinieka nosaukums (1982), arī Valsts Prēmija literatūrā (1989) par romānu "Cilvēki laivās", Barikāžu piemiņas zīme (1991), Triju Zvaigžņu ordenis (2000). Latvijas Zinātņu akadēmijas goda biedrs (1999). Saņēmis "Latvijas Literatūras gada balvu 2012" par mūža ieguldīj
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Andrejs Upīts

Latviešu rakstnieks, kritiķis un literatūrzinātnieks. Dzimis Skrīveros rentnieka ģimenē. Mācījies Skrīveru pagastskolā, pēc tam izglītojies pašmācības ceļā, galvenokārt apgūstot valodas - vācu, krievu, angļu, franču un itāļu. Strādājis par skolotāju, tulkotāju, bijis aktīvs sabiedriskais darbinieks.
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Vizma Belševica

Vizma Belševica was a Latvian poet, writer and translator. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Receiving the Nobel prize was her childhood dream; she, as a poor but bright girl, spent much of her time reading classical literature. Belševica's work has been recognised: on December 6, 1990, she was elected honorary member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences; she has twice received the Spidola Award, which is the highest recognition in Latvian literature. Belševica has also received the highest award of the Latvian State, namely the Three Star Order.

Vizma Belševica published her first poems in 1947; her first book of poetry appeared in 1955. Her most notable poetry collections are Jūra deg (The Sea is Burning, 1966), Gadu gredz
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Nino Haratischwili

Nino Haratischwili (Georgian: ნინო ხარატიშვილი) is a Georgian-born German novelist, playwright, and theater director.

Haratischwili was born and raised in Tbilisi, Georgia, where she attended a German-language school. To escape the political and social chaos that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union, she moved to Germany for two years in the early 1990s with her mother, where she attended the seventh and the eighth grade of school. Her family returned to Georgia afterwards. Haratischwili later moved to Germany again in order to attend drama school in Hamburg. She became a German citizen in 2012.

Haratischwili currently lives in Hamburg.
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Rūdolfs Blaumanis

Rūdolfs Kārlis Leonīds Blaumanis bija latviešu prozaiķis, dramaturgs un žurnālists. Viņa darbi ir tulkoti angļu, vācu, lietuviešu, somu, igauņu, ungāru, ukraiņu, krievu valodā. Pēc vairāku viņa darbu motīviem ir tikušas uzņemtas kinofilmas. R. Blaumaņa populārākie darbi ir novele "Nāves ēnā", lugas "Skroderdienas Silmačos" un "Indrāni" un dzejolis "Tālavas taurētājs".
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Eriks Ādamsons

Eriks Ādamsons was born in Riga on June 22, 1907. In 1926 he entered the University of Latvia to study law. He made his first publication in 1924. In the 1930s he fully devoted himself to literature. Ādamsons also worked as translator (he spoke, in addition to his native Latvian, Russian, German, English and French). He married young Latvian writer Mirdza Ķempe in 1931, but their marriage broke apart shortly before WWII.

In the years of the German occupation he worked in a book store and also in lumbering. His works was banned by the German authorities, so he published under a pseudonym - Eriks Rīga. In those years his health declined and he caught tubercolosis. In 1943 he began collecting materials for a book about Kārlis Padegs, a Latvian
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Māra Zālīte

Māra Zālīte was born on February 18, 1952 in Krasnoyarsk, in a family, which was politically repressed by a soviet regime. In 1956 her family returned to Latvia. In 1975 she graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the University of Latvia. M. Zālīte has worked as a technical assistant at the Writers’ Union of Latvia, the leader of the Young Writers’ Studio, a poetry consultant at the magazine Liesma and the editor in chief of the literary magazine Karogs. During last years she works at AKKA/LAA (a copyright agency). She is the president of Latvian Authors’ Association.

During the seventies the basic motives of Māra Zālīte’s poetry were the problems of young people, reflection of the tendencies of nihilism and alienation, quest for the me
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Tanja Maljartschuk

Tania Maliarchuk began with several volumes of short stories and novellas: Adolfo's Endspiel, or A Rose for Liza (2004), From Top to Bottom: A Book of Fears (2006), How I Became a Saint (2006), To Speak (2007), and Zviroslov (2009). Her first novel, Biography of an Accidental Miracle, was published in 2012.

Maliarchuk has been writing in German since 2014. In 2018 she won the Ingeborg Bachmann Award for Frösche im Meer (Frogs in the Sea), an unpublished text she read at the Festival of German-Language Literature.

Her Ukrainian work has been translated into German since 2009 (Neunprozentiger Haushaltsessing, Biografie eines zufälligen Wunders, both by Residenz Verlag). Some has also been translated into English.[2][3] The short story "Me and M
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Valérie Perrin

Valérie Perrin est une romancière française. Elle est aussi photographe de plateau et scénariste auprès de son compagnon Claude Lelouch.
Son premier roman, "Les oubliés du dimanche" (2015), a reçu de nombreux prix, dont celui de Lire Élire 2016 et de Poulet-Malassis 2016. Après son succès en France, il sort en Italie en septembre 2016 et en Allemagne début 2017.
En 2018, elle a reçu le prix Maison de la Presse pour son deuxième roman "Changer l'eau des fleurs" (Albin Michel, 2018).
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Lise Villadsen

Jeg skriver til unge, da jeg selv husker hver eneste bog, jeg læste i den alder, som et stød i hjertet.

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Vilis Lācis

Vilis Lācis was a Latvian writer and Communist politician.

Lācis was born into a working-class family in Mangaļi, near Riga. He was a manual labourer, mostly working in the port of Riga and writing in his free time. In 1933, he published his hugely successful novel Zvejnieka dēls (Fisherman's Son), making him one of the most popular and commercially successful Latvian writers of the 1930s. His novels have been characterized as popular fiction, not always liked by high-brow critics, but widely read by ordinary readers.

Throughout this period, Lācis maintained underground ties to the officially banned Communist Party of Latvia. Lācis was under periodic surveillance by the Latvian secret services due to his political activities. Eventually Lācis
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