Eriks ĀdamsonsW
Eriks Ādamsons

Eriks Ādamsons was a Latvian writer, poet and novelist.

Jānis AkuratersW
Jānis Akuraters

Jānis Akuraters was a Latvian poet, writer, playwright and politician. He founded the Latvian National Theatre in 1919 and was director of Radio of Riga between 1930 and 1934.

Juris AlunānsW
Juris Alunāns

Juris Alunāns was a Latvian writer and philologist in the Russian Empire. He was one of the first contributors of Latvian language. He was one of the members of the Young Latvia movement.

Ingmāra BalodeW
Ingmāra Balode

Ingmāra Balode, is a Latvian poet and translator.

Uldis BērziņšW
Uldis Bērziņš

Uldis Bērziņš is a Latvian poet and translator.

Ernests Birznieks-UpītisW
Ernests Birznieks-Upītis

Ernests Birznieks-Upītis was a Latvian writer, translator and librarian.

Inga GaileW
Inga Gaile

Inga Gaile is a Latvian poet, novelist, and playwright.

Johann Ernst GlückW
Johann Ernst Glück

Johann Ernst Glück was a German translator and Lutheran theologian active in Livonia, which is now in Latvia.

Nora IkstenaW
Nora Ikstena

Nora Ikstena is a Latvian writer and cultural manager. She was born in Riga and studied philology and English language and literature at the University of Latvia. After a subsequent period of residence in New York City for further studies, she returned home and worked to establish the Latvian Literature Centre.

Elfriede JakschW
Elfriede Jaksch

Elfriede Jaksch (1842–1897) was a German language Latvian writer. She wrote a number of popular novels and novellas under the pen name Shack von Igar.

Miķelis KrogzemisW
Miķelis Krogzemis

Miķelis Krogzemis, better known under his pen name Auseklis was a Latvian poet and prominent member of the Young Latvians movement.

Juris KronbergsW
Juris Kronbergs

Juris Kronbergs was a Latvian-Swedish poet and translator who lived in Stockholm.

Atis KronvaldsW
Atis Kronvalds

Atis Kronvalds or Kronvaldu Atis was a Latvian writer, linguist and pedagogue, as well as a prominent member of the Young Latvia movement.

Juris MātersW
Juris Māters

Juris Māters was a Latvian writer and journalist.

Garlieb MerkelW
Garlieb Merkel

Garlieb Helwig Merkel was a Baltic German writer and activist and an early Estophile and Lettophile.

Andrievs NiedraW
Andrievs Niedra

Andrievs Niedra was a Latvian writer, Lutheran pastor and the Prime Minister of the German puppet government in Latvia between April and June 1919, during the Latvian War of Independence.

Jānis PoruksW
Jānis Poruks

Jānis Poruks, was a Latvian poet and writer could be considered as a founder of the romantic branch of Latvian literature.

Pauls PutniņšW
Pauls Putniņš

Pauls Putniņš was a Latvian playwright, journalist and politician.

Knuts SkujenieksW
Knuts Skujenieks

Knuts Skujenieks is a Latvian poet, journalist, and translator from fifteen European languages.

Lelde StumbreW
Lelde Stumbre

Lelde Stumbre is a Latvian dramatist and politician. Author of many plays, she also wrote the screenplay to Lai tev labi klājas!, a 1995 TV series. She was a candidate for the Latvian parliament in 2011, but finished as the first runner up for her party in the Riga voting region. In 2014 Stumbre briefly served in the Saeima from 30 January to 20 March as a substitute for Einārs Cilinskis.

Ojārs VācietisW
Ojārs Vācietis

Ojārs Vācietis was a Latvian writer and poet. He is often considered one of the most famous and influential poets in the Latvian SSR.

Elita VeidemaneW
Elita Veidemane

Elita Veidemane is a Latvian journalist, publicist and public worker. In 1980 she graduated from the Latvian State University Faculty of Philology, and from 1981 to 1988 worked for the newspaper Padomju Jaunatne. She worked as a Latvian language and literature teacher at a school in Jurmala in the 1980s. From 1988 until its closure in 1992 she was the chief editor of the Latvian Popular Front publication Atmoda (Revival).

Eduards VeidenbaumsW
Eduards Veidenbaums

Eduards Veidenbaums was a Latvian poet and translator.