Nora Ikstena
Nora Ikstena | |
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| Born | 15 October 1969 |
| Nationality | Latvian |
| Education | University of Latvia |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Nora Ikstena(born 15 October 1969) is aLatvianwriter and cultural manager. She was born inRigaand studiedphilologyandEnglish language and literatureat theUniversity of Latvia.After a subsequent period of residence inNew York Cityfor further studies, she returned home and worked to establish theLatvian Literature Centre.
Her debut novelCelebration of Lifeappeared in 1998, and she has written more than twenty books since, severalnovels,short storycollections, biographies andessays.Her recent novelSoviet Milk(Latvian:Mātes piens,2015) was translated into English and published in 2018 byPeirene Pressin London.[1]The launch took place on March 7 in the English-language bookstore Robert's Books in Riga.[2]She also represented Latvia at theLondon Book Fairin 2018 as a featured author[3]and was officially invited to be a participant of theLibrary of Congress National Book FestivalofWashington D.C.in 2016. The bookSoviet Milkhas been licensed for 15 foreign languages, among them translations in Italian and German.
In 2008 she was honoured with theOrder of the Three Stars(officer) of the Republic of Latvia.[4]In 2018 she was honoured with another nationalExcellence in Culture Awardfor being the internationally best-known Latvian writer of the 21st century.[5]
References
[edit]- ^Mustillo, Michael (28 March 2018)."Latvian writer Nora Ikstena's critically acclaimed novel Soviet Milk opens up new paths".The Baltic Times.Retrieved19 November2019.
- ^"Two Latvian English-language book launches this week".Public Broadcasting of Latvia.5 March 2018.Retrieved19 November2019.
- ^Collier, Mike (11 April 2018)."London Book Fair Voices: Nora Ikstena".Public Broadcasting of Latvia.Retrieved19 November2019.
- ^"Nora Ikstena (15.10.1969. Rīga) latviešu rakstniece".Nacionālā enciklopēdija(in Latvian).Retrieved13 May2020.
- ^"Izcilības balvu kultūrā iegūst Nora Ikstena, Rolands Kalniņš un Nacionālais mākslas muzejs".Public Broadcasting of Latvia(in Latvian). 28 November 2018.Retrieved13 May2020.
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