Kristīne Ulberga

BornRiga, Latvia
LanguageLatvian
NationalityLatvian
Alma materUniversity of Latvia
Notable worksThe Green Crow
Notable awardsRaimonds Gerkens Prize (2012)

Kristīne Ulberga (born 1979) is a Latvian novelist and a winner of the Latvian Literature Annual Award (2013).

Biography

Kristīne Ulberga was born in Riga in 1979. She obtained a degree in theology from the University of Latvia.[1]

Career

Ulberga began her writing career with a young adult novel Es grāmatas nelasu (I Don't Read Books) in 2008.[1] It was written in response to her partner's son who did not like to read in order to encourage him to do so.[2]

The debut work received the Jānis Baltvilks Prize. Two more novels in this series appeared that same year: Es grāmatas nelasu 2 and Virtuālais eņģelis (The Virtual Angel).[1] These books were adopted into the Latvian school curriculum, and optioned for film rights.[2]

Published in 2011, Ulberga's Zaļā vārna (The Green Crow) was her first book for adults. It received the Raimonds Gerkens Prize,[1] and the Latvian Literature Annual Award for best prose work.[3] An English translation was published in 2018 by Peter Owen Publishers[usurped] as part of the Peter Owen World Series: Baltic Season (ISBN 978-0-7206-2025-2).[4]

Selected works

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Kristīne Ulberga". Investment and Development Agency of Latvia. Archived from the original on 9 March 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b Caridei, Giovanna (29 July 2016). "A colloquio con Kristine Ulberga…" (in Italian). Recensioni Libri. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Latvian Literature Annual Awards presented". The Baltic Course. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  4. ^ Curtis-Kojaković, Susan (28 July 2017). "From Slovenia to Spain: The Peter Owen World Series". LA Review of Books. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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