Aīda Niedra

Aīda Niedra (March 23, 1899 – November 23, 1972) was a Latvian writer. She is considered one of the most important Latvian women novelists.[1]

She was born Ida Niedra in Vidzeme. After completing secondary school, she worked as secretary to a justice of the peace in Riga until 1932. She moved to Germany as a war refugee in 1944; in 1949, she emigrated to the United States. She died in Santa Monica, California at the age of 72.[1]

Selected works

• Erosa elēģijas, poetry (1924)
• Sarkanā vāze, novel (1927)
• Dziesminiece, poetry (1934)
• Sieva, novel (1938)
• Rūžu Kristīne, novel (1939)
• Katrīna Ābele, novel (1950)
• Trīs Caunu sievietes, novel (1954)
• Pērles Majores draugs, novel (1959)

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References

1. Wilson, Katharina M (1991). An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers. Volume 1. p. 916. ISBN 0824085477.