Māra Zālīte

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

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Mara Zalite was born in Krasnoyarsk (Russia) where her family had been deported. In 1975 she graduated department of Philology in University of Latvia (a former State University). Between year 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 moved forward to become a chief editor of the publishing house and magazine “Karogs”, she was in this position until year 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 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), 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 9789027234582. http://books.google.com/books?id=YINYl4iv4ecC&pg=PA221. Retrieved 26 September 2011. 

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Latvian Wikipedia.

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Name	Zalite, Mara
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Short description	Latvian writer
Date of birth	February 18, 1952
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