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

Laima Muktupāvela
Born (1962-01-20) January 20, 1962 (age 62)
Rēzekne, Latvian SSR
Pen nameFelikss Baranovskis
LanguageLatvian
NationalityLatvian
Alma materUniversity of Latvia
Notable worksŠampinjonu Derība (The Mushroom Testament)

Life

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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

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  • Šampinjonu Derība (The Mushroom Testament)

References

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  1. ^ "Ontona Slišāna gruomatas "Cipierkstneits" personu lopuruods" (in Latvian). Upītes Bibliotēka. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. 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. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. 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.