This is a list of women writers who were born in Latvia or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

A Amanda Aizpuriete (1956–2023), poet, translator, poetry translated into several languages Lidiia Alekseeva (1909–1989), poet, translator and writer of short stories Aspazija, pen name of Elza Pliekšāne, (1865–1943), poet, playwright, journalist, feminist

B Ingmāra Balode (born 1981), poet, translator Vizma Belševica (1931–2005), widely translated poet, semi-autobiographical novelist Lija Brīdaka (1932–2022), poet Anna Brigadere (1861–1933), playwright, autobiographer

E Regīna Ezera, pen name of Regīna Šamreto (1930–2002), novelist, short story writer

H Maria Holm (1845–1912), poet, playwright, wrote in German

I Nora Ikstena (1969–2026), writer, novelist

J Elfriede Jaksch (1842–1897), German-language novelist, short story writer Ilze Jaunalksne (born 1976), journalist, television presenter

K Ivande Kaija (1876–1942), feminist, journalist, novelist Mirdza Ķempe (1907–1974), poet, playwright, translator Velga Krile (1945–1991), acclaimed poet, playwright Monta Kroma (1919–1994), modernist poet Marta Krūmiņa-Vitrupe (1908–2010), poet, essayist, chess player

L Nechama Leibowitz (1905–1997), Latvian-born biblical scholar, biblical studies in Hebrew

M Zenta Mauriņa (1897–1978), biographer, essayist, novelist, short story writer, wrote in Latvian and German

N Aīda Niedra (1899–1972), novelist and poet

P Margarita Perveņecka (born 1976), playwright, novelist

S Irina Saburova (1907–1979), Latvian-born Russian novelist, poet, journalist, translator Anna Sakse (1905–1981), writer, editor and translator Rūta Skujiņa (1907–1964), Latvian poet Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka (1914–2014), children's writer Lelde Stumbre (born 1952), playwright

T Daina Taimina (born 1954), mathematician, acclaimed writings on mathematics Velta Toma (1912–1999), poet

V Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (born 1937), President of Latvia, essayist, non-fiction writer, writings on folk songs

Z Māra Zālīte (born 1952), poet, publisher Inga Žolude (born 1984), novelist, short story writer, playwright, translator

See also List of Latvians List of women writers

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