Dace Vīgante

Writer Dace Vīgante (1970) was born in Jūrmala, Latvia. She graduated from The University of Latvia, Faculty of Law. Vīgante attended “Literary Academy” programme of the Writer’s Union. In 2017 her debut collection of stories Ledus Apelsīns [Ice Orange] was nominated for the Annual Latvian Literary Award, as well as the Kilogram of Culture Award, and received Children, Youth and Paternal Jury Award. In 2018 Vīgante published her second collection of stories Tad redzēs [Then Will See]. Vīgante's first novel "The Romantic" was published in 2022. and it is nominated for the Annual Latvian Literary Award as the best novel of the year.  

Ledus okeāns [Ice Ocean]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2023.

Romantiķis [The Romantic]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2022.

Bumbulītis [Little Bump]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2020.

Tad redzēs [Then Will See]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2018.

Ledus apelsīns [Ice Orange]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2016. 

About Ice Orange // laligaba.lv, 2017 [LV]

Conversation with Dace Vīgante // nra.lv, 2016 [LV]

Ilva Skulte, Stāsti bez morāles, review of Little Bump // Online magazine Punctum, 2020 [LV]

Lāsma Gaitniece, Dieviešu sarunas un Maskava olimpiādes gadā, review of Little Bump // LA.lv, 2020 [LV]

Bārbala Simsone, Dvēseļu seismogrāfs, review of Then Will See // Diena.lv, 2018 [LV]

Ilze Jansone, Atsvešinātības vijumi, review of Ice Orange // Internet magazine Punctum.lv, 2016 [LV]

2018, nominated for the Kilogram of Culture Award for Then Will See 

2017, Children, Youth and Paternal Jury Award for Ice Orange 

2017, shortlisted for the Annual Latvian Literature Award for Ice Orange 

2016, nominated for the Kilogram of Culture Award for Ice Orange