Inga Gaile
Inga Gaile (born 29 June 1976, in Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian poet, novelist, and playwright.
Inga Gaile
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- Name
- Inga Gaile
- Born
- 29 June 1976
- Birthplace
- Riga, Latvian SSR
- Occupation
- Writer, poet, playwright
- Nationality
- Latvia · Soviet Union
- Education
- Latvian Academy of Culture
- Languages
- Latvian
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Inga Gaile (born 29 June 1976, in Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian poet, novelist, and playwright.
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Inga Gaile (born 1976) is a Latvian and Soviet actress, musician and playwright, among other activities. The actress was born in Riga.
Inga Gaile studied at Latvian Academy of Culture. The actress worked for TV3 Latvia. Languages used include Latvian.
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• Name — Inga Gaile • Born — 29 June 1976 • Birthplace — Riga, Latvian SSR • Occupation — Writer, poet, playwright • Years Active — 1996–present
Biography
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
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".
Poetry
Poetry
• Laiks bija iemīlējies (Time Had Grown Enamoured). Rīga: Pētergailis, 1999. • Raudāt nedrīkst smieties (Cry Not Laugh). Rīga: Nordik, 2004. • Kūku Marija (Maria, the Cake Killer). Rīga: Orbita, 2007 • Migla (Fog). Rīga: Mansards, 2012. • Vai otrā grupa mani dzird? (Can the Back Row Hear Me?). Rīga: Liels un mazs, 2014. • Lieldienas (Easter). Rīga: Neputns, 2018. • Nakts (Night). Rīga: Mansards, 2021.
Prose
Prose
• Stikli (Glass Shards). Novel. Rīga: Dienas Grāmata, 2016. • Neredzamie (Invisible). Novel. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2018. • Piena ceļi (Milky ways). Stories. Rīga: Mansards, 2018. • Skaistās (The Beauties). Novel. Rīga: Dienas grāmata, 2019. • Rakstītāja (The Writer). Novel. Rīga: Dienas grāmata, 2020.
Plays
Plays
• Āda (Skin). Rīga: Dirty Deal Teatro, 2011. • Mūsu Silvija debesīs (Our Sylvia, Who Art in Heaven). Rīga: Ģertrūdes ielas teātris, 2013. • Trauki (The Dishes), in collaboration with Marta E. Martinsone. Rīga: Dirty Deal Teatro, 2014.
Works in translation
Works in translation
• 30 Questions People Don’t Ask: The Selected Poems of Inga Gaile. Translated in English by Ieva Lešinska. Warrensburg, Missouri: Pleiades Press; 2018. • Klaas (Glass Shards). Translated into Estonian by Aive Mandel. Tallinn: Looming, 2018.
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1976
Inga Gaile born at Riga.
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.
Latvian writer Inga Gaile in 2019, at HeadRead literary festival in Tallinn
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- 1.Inga Gaile: Mani stāsti izaug no personīgajiem cīniņiem. LA.lv.
- 2.Atjaunojot asinsriti. Inga Gaile "Piena ceļi". LA.lv.
- 3."Mansards" izdod Ingas Gailes stāstus "Piena ceļi". TVNET. 2018-10-15.
- 4.Inga Gaile - Literature Across Frontiers. www.lit-across-frontiers.org.
- 5.Pleiades Press | 30 Questions People Don't Ask: The Selected Poems of Inga Gaile.
- 6.Latvian Literature. www.latvianliterature.lv.
- 7.Inga Gaile – FCNC.
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