Laima Muktupāvela

Laima Muktupāvela
Born (1962-01-20) January 20, 1962
Rēzekne, Latvian SSR
Pen name Felikss Baranovskis
Language Latvian
Nationality Latvian
Alma mater University of Latvia
Notable works Šampinjonu Derība (The Mushroom Testament)

Laima Muktupāvela Kota (born 20 January 1962[1] in Rēzekne) is a Latvian author.[2][3]

Life

Muktupāvela was born in 1962 and she graduated with a History degree in 1989. She worked at various jobs until she became a full-time writer in 2000 after working part-time on published works for seven years. She won a prize for her work Šampinjonu Derība (The Mushroom Testament). She is now married to a Turkish poet and says that she will publish further work under her married name.[4]

She has converted to the Islamic religion in 2011.[5]

Novels

  • Šampinjonu Derība (The Mushroom Testament)

References

  1. ↑ "Ontona Slišāna gruomatas "Cipierkstneits" personu lopuruods" (in Latvian). Upītes Bibliotēka. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Laima Muktupāvela". literature.lv. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Muktupāvela Laima". letonika.lv (in Latvian). Tilde. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Sergejeva, Santa (20 May 2012). "Laima Kota-Muktupāvela: turki spēj mīlēties līdz sirmam vecumam" (in Latvian). Sejas. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Казачок, Ольга (10 May 2011). "Ведущая латышская писательница выходит замуж за турка и принимает ислам" (in Russian). kompromat. Retrieved 10 March 2015.


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