Māra Zālīte

Māra Zālīte
Born February 18, 1952
Krasnoyarsk Soviet Union
(now  Russia)
Nationality Latvian
Known for Literature
Awards Order of Three Stars


Māra Zālīte (born February 18, 1952) is a Latvian writer.[1]

Bibliography

Mara Zalite was born in the city of Krasnoyarsk, in Siberia (Russia), where her family had been deported. In 1975 she graduated from the department of Philology at the University of Latvia (a former State University). Between years 1974 and 1989, Mara Zalite worked as a technical assistant at the Writers’ Union of Latvia, as a manager of the New Writers’ Studio and as a poetry consultant for the magazine “Liesma”. In 1989 she became a chief editor of the publishing house and magazine “Karogs”, a position she held until 2000, when she became a president of the Latvian Authors’ Association. She is also a trust member of the National Library Board, a member of the Copyright Advisory Council of The Ministry of Culture, a member of National Cultural Council, an honorary member of the Academy of Sciences, a member of the City Council of the Three-Star Order (since 1999), and a chairman of a State Language Commission (2002–2004). She has been awarded the Three Star Order, Commemorative Medal of Barricades and has received several literary prizes.

Poetry

Vakar zaļajā zālē 1977
Rīt varbūt 1979
Deviņpuiku spēks 1985
Nav vārdam vietas 1985
Debesis, debesis 1988
Apkārtne 1997
Dzeja 2003

Poetry

Pilna Māras istabiņa 1981
Tiesa 1985
Dzīvais ūdens 1988
Eža kažociņš 1991
Margarēta 2000
Tobāgo! 2001
Zemes nodoklis 2003
Še tev Žūpu Bērtulis! 2004

Librettos

Lāčplēsis 1987
Meža gulbji 1995
Putnu opera 1997
"Kaupēn, mans mīļais!" 1998
Indriķa hronika 1999
Neglītais pīlēns 2000
Sfinksa 2000

References

  1. Cornis-Pope, Marcel; Neubauer, John (2010-09-29). HISTORY OF THE LITERARY CULTURES OF EAST-CENTRAL E. John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 221–. ISBN 978-90-272-3458-2. Retrieved 26 September 2011.