Flood, Mara

Mara Zalite was born on February 18, 1952 in the Krasnoyarsk Territory of the Russian Federation in a family of exiles. In 1956, she returned to Latvia with her family.

She studied at the Zemgale school . She graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the Latvian State University (1975). Worked as a referent at the Writers' Union. SSR (1974–1979), literary consultant of the magazine “Liesma” (1977–1990), chief editor of the magazine “Karogs” (1989–2000), president of the Association of Latvian Authors (AAPCK / OLA, since 2000), chairman of the State Language Commission ( 2002-2004). Member of the Board of the National Library of Latvia, member of the Copyright Advisory Council and member of the National Council for Culture under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia ^[1] .

The first poem was published in the district newspaper in 1971. Literary publications since 1972. Creativity Mary Pour inherent diversity. She is the author of poems, plays, essays, song texts, cantata and oratorio texts, the libretto of musical performances by Latvian composers Raimond Pauls , Janis Lusens , Juris Karlsons , Sigmars Liepins , Peteris Vasks . The works of Mary Zalite have been translated into Russian, English, Swedish, French, Lithuanian, Estonian, Belarusian, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Moldavian, Turkmen and Italian.

• Literary Prize. V.V. Mayakovsky (Georgia, 1979)
• Literary Prize. A. Upita (Latvia, 1985)
• Literary Prize. O. Vacietis (Latvia, 1989)
• Literary Prize. Aspasias (Latvia, 1992)
• Literary Prize. I.G. Herder (Germany, 1993)
• Latvian Literary Prize of the Year (2001, 2004)
• Order of the Three Stars IV degree (1995)
• Cross of Recognition II degree (2008)

Poetry

• Vakar zaļajā zālē (1977)
• Rīt varbūt (1979)
• Deviņpuiku spēks (1985)
• Nav vārdam vietas (1985)
• Debesis, debesis (1988)
• Apkārtne (1997)
• Dzeja (2003)
• Vējš meklē mājas (2004)

Dramaturgy

• “The full Mary's room” (Pilna Māras istabiņa, 1981)
• The Court (Tiesa, 1985)
• “Living Water” (Dzīvais ūdens (1988)
• “Hedgehogs” (Vikas pirmā balle, 1991)
• Margarita (Margarēta, 2000)
• “Tobago!” (Tobāgo !, 2001)
• "Land tax" (Pa valzivju ceļu, 1965)
• “Še tev Žūpu Bērtulis!” (2004)

Libretto

• Lachplesis (1987)
• Meža gulbji (1995)
• Putnu opera (1997)
• Kaupēn, mans mīļais! (1998)
• Indriķa hronika (1999)
• Neglītais pīlēns (2000)
• Sfinksa (2000)

Essay collections

• Brīvības tēla pakājē (1990)
• Kas ticībā sēts (1997)

• The official site of Mary Flood