Nora Ikstena

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Nora Ikstena, 2008

Nora Ikstena (born October 15, 1969 in Riga ) is a Latvian writer (novel, essay, short story, biography) and Chairwoman of the Latvian National Culture Council.

Life

Ikstena studied literature and English at the University of Latvia in Riga from 1987 to 1992 . After a long stay abroad in New York City for further studies, she returned to her home country and co-founded the Latvian National Cultural Center in Riga.

Her debut novel Dzīves svinēšana (~ Celebration of Life ) was published in Latvia in 1998 and was later translated into three Scandinavian languages ​​(Norwegian, Danish and Swedish) and published. Since then she has published more than twenty other books in Latvia.

As a writer and cultural manager , she was awarded the Latvian National Three Star Order for Service to Literature (similar to the Order of the British Empire) in Latvia in 2008 and the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Sciences in 2006 . Her novel Mātes piens received the Laligaba Latvian Literature Prize in 2015. He was licensed for translation in fifteen languages ​​and was nominated for the EBRD Literature Prize in London in 2019 .

The novel Muttermilch (originally Latvian: Mātes piens , Dienas grāmata 2015) was the only one of her books to be translated into German and published there in 2019 by the small Kreuzberg publishing house Klak. It was published in English by Peirene Press in London in 2018 under the name Soviet Milk .

Nora Ikstena lives in Ikšķile , around 30 km upstream from Riga.

Works

Novels

  • Dzīves svinēšana , Roman, (~ Celebrating Life). Tukumā: Atēna Publishing House, 1998.
  • Jaunavas mācība , novel, (~ The Virgin's Lesson). Tukumā: Atēna, 2001.
  • Amour Fou jeb Aplamā mīla 69 pantos , (~ Amour Fou or Erroneous Love in 69 verses). Riga: Dienas Grāmata Publishing House, 2008.
  • Vīrs zilajā lietusmētelītī , (~ The Man in a Blue Raincoat). Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2011.
  • Mātes piens , Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2015.
    • Muttermilch , Roman, 214 S., from the Latvian by Nicole Nau, Klak Verlag, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-948156-17-6 .

Volumes of stories

  • Nieki un izpriecas . Rīga: Karogs, 1995.
  • Maldīgas romances . Rīga: Jāņa sēta, 1997; Rīga: Jumava, 2013.
  • Pasakas ar seiām . Rīga: Pētergailis, 2002.
  • Dzīves stāsti . Tukumā: Atēna, 2004.
  • Besa . Rīga: Mansards, 2012.
  • Ulubeles pasakas , (~ Fairy tales of Ulubelle). Rīga: Dienas Grāmata, 2014.

Essays

  • Šokolādes Jēzus , (~ Chocolate Jesus). Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2006.
  • Sīlis spoguļstiklā , (~ A Jay in the Mirror Glass). Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2009.
  • Runā manis vainadziņš . (together with Edīti Paulu-Vīgneri). Rīga: Mansards, 2014.

Biographies

  • Pārnākšana (via Annu Rūmani-Ķeniņu ). Rīga: Garā Pupa, 1993.
  • Brīnumainā kārtā (via Bruno Rubesu ). Rīga: Nordik, 1999.
  • Deja un dvēsele (via Viju Vētru ). Tukumā: Atēna, 2001.
  • Zīdtārpiņu musināšana (via Māru Zālīti ). Rīga: Pētergailis, 2003.
  • Nenoteiktā bija (together with Imantu Ziedoni ). Rīga: Dienas Grāmata, 2006.
  • Esamība ar Regīnu (via Regīnu Ezeru ). Rīga: Dienas grāmata, 2007.
  • Ārprātija piedzīvojumi (together with Aivaru Vilipsonu ). Rīga: Dienas Grāmata, 2017.

Awards

  • 2006: Culture / Literature Prize of the Baltic Assembly
  • 2008: Three-Star Order of the Republic of Latvia "for Service to Literature"
  • 2015: Laligaba Latvia Literature Prize
  • 2018: National Excellence in Culture Award as “the world's most famous Latvian author of the 21st century”.

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c Author profile Nora Ikstena , klakverlag.de, accessed May 11, 2020
  2. ↑ a b c Short biography of Nora Ikstena , peirenepress.com, accessed May 11, 2020
  3. ↑ Ikstena, Nora. | Dzīves svinēšana , Virtual International Authority File viaf.org, accessed May 11, 2020
  4. ↑ Bibliography Nora Ikstena , literature.lv, accessed May 11, 2020
  5. ↑ see GND entry on the place of activity
personal data
SURNAME Ikstena, Nora
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian writer (novel, essay, short story, biography)
DATE OF BIRTH 15th October 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga