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Inga Gaile

Inga Gaile (born 29 June 1976, in Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian poet, novelist, and playwright.

Biography

Gaile has written poetry collections for adults and children. Her works often focus on feminist issues as well as issues related to different stigmatised groups. She has won the Latvian Literature Award and the Poetry Days Festival prize. Gaile has translated poetry from Russian into Latvian, and her poems have also been translated into various languages including English, Estonian, German, Swedish, Lithuanian, and Bengali. She is President of Latvia PEN.

Activism

Gaile is a prominent member of the Latvian feminist movement and is a founder of the stand-up comedy group "Sieviešu stendaps/Women's Stand-Up".

Works

Poetry

  • Laiks bija iemÄ«lējies (Time Had Grown Enamoured). RÄ«ga: Pētergailis, 1999.
  • Raudāt nedrÄ«kst smieties (Cry Not Laugh). RÄ«ga: Nordik, 2004.
  • KÅ«ku Marija (Maria, the Cake Killer). RÄ«ga: Orbita, 2007
  • Migla (Fog). RÄ«ga: Mansards, 2012.
  • Vai otrā grupa mani dzird? (Can the Back Row Hear Me?). RÄ«ga: Liels un mazs, 2014.
  • Lieldienas (Easter). RÄ«ga: Neputns, 2018.
  • Nakts (Night). RÄ«ga: Mansards, 2021.

Prose

  • Stikli (Glass Shards). Novel. RÄ«ga: Dienas Grāmata, 2016.
  • Neredzamie (Invisible). Novel. RÄ«ga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2018.
  • Piena ceļi (Milky ways). Stories. RÄ«ga: Mansards, 2018.
  • Skaistās (The Beauties). Novel. RÄ«ga: Dienas grāmata, 2019.
  • RakstÄ«tāja (The Writer). Novel. RÄ«ga: Dienas grāmata, 2020.

Plays

  • Āda (Skin). RÄ«ga: Dirty Deal Teatro, 2011.
  • MÅ«su Silvija debesÄ«s (Our Sylvia, Who Art in Heaven). RÄ«ga: Ä¢ertrÅ«des ielas teātris, 2013.
  • Trauki (The Dishes), in collaboration with Marta E. Martinsone. RÄ«ga: Dirty Deal Teatro, 2014.

Works in translation

  • 30 Questions People Don’t Ask: The Selected Poems of Inga Gaile. Translated in English by Ieva LeÅ¡inska. Warrensburg, Missouri: Pleiades Press; 2018.
  • Klaas (Glass Shards). Translated into Estonian by Aive Mandel. Tallinn: Looming, 2018.

Awards

  • The Annual Latvian Literary Award for Can the Back Row Hear Me?, 2015.
  • Prose Readings Award for the short story Piena ceļi/ Milky Ways, 2012.
  • Latvju Teksti Magazine Award for Fog, 2012.
  • Ojārs Vācietis Award for Fog, 2012.
  • Poetry Days Award for Cake Mary, 2007.
  • Ojārs Vācietis Award for Cry Not Laugh, 2004.
  • Anna Dagda Foundation Award for Cry Not Laugh, 2004.
  • Klāvs Elsbergs Award for Time Had Grown Enamoured, 1999.

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