List of Latvian women writers

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

A

 * Amanda Aizpuriete (born 1956), poet, translator, poetry translated into several languages
 * 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 (born 1969), 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