Gundega Repše

Author and art scholar Gundega Repše (1960) is a writer of prose, an essayist and critic. Repše has worked as an editor and contributor in various magazines and other media discussing culture and literature. Her prose has been published since 1979. Repše has published many novels, several of her works have been adapted for theatre. Her trilogy Heavy Metal is informed by autobiographical material and has become one of the most important works of contemporary Latvian literature. Repše's short story How Important Is It To Be Ernest was included in the prose anthology "Best European Fiction 2013" (Dalkey Archive Press, USA). The novel Bogene was published in 2016 as part of the We. Latvia. The 20th Century novel series. Repše's prose has been translated into English, German, French, Swedish, Russian, and other languages. Gundega Repše is a member of the Latvian Writers' Union and the Latvian PEN club. In 2000, she received the Annual Latvian Literature Award for her novel Thumbelina/Īkstīte.

Prose
Atlantas [Atlantas]. Rīga: Dienas Grāmata, 2024.
Substances [Substances]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2021. 
Retināts gaiss [Thin Air]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2019. 
Bogene. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2016.
Jauki ļaudis [Nice People]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2014.
Vīrs tapīrs un citas radības [The Tapir Man and Other Creatures]. Riga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2013.
Triloģija Smagais metāls [Trilogy Heavy Metal]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2012.
Dzelzs apvārdošana [Conjuring Iron]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2011.
Stāsti par mācekļiem [Stories About Disciples]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2009.
Audiogrāmata Septiņi stāsti par mīlu [Audio-book: Seven Stories about Love]. Riga: Apostrofs, 2009.
Bāreņu nams [The Orphanage]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2008.
Vara rati [Copper Cart]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2006.
Ludovika zemes [Ludovik's Lands]. Riga: Pētergailis, 2004.
Alvas kliedziens [The Tin Scream]. Riga: Pētergailis, 2002.
Īkstīte [Thumbelina]. Riga: Pētergailis, 2000.
Sarkans [Red]. Riga: Preses nams, 1998.
Ēnu apokrifs [Shadow Apocrypha]. Riga: Preses nams, 1996.
Ugunszīme [Marked by Fire]. Riga: Liesma, 1990.
Šolaiku bestiārijs [Bestiary of the Times]. Riga: Daugava, 1994.
Septiņi stāsti par mīlu [Seven Stories about Love]. Riga: Literatūra un Māksla, 1992.
Koncerts maniem draugiem pelnu kastē [A Concert for My Friends in a Box of Ashes]. Riga: Liesma, 1987.

Essays, diaries, biographies, miscellaneous
Skiču burtnīca. Simts [Sketch book. Hundred]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2019.
Laiks esi tu [You are Time]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2013.
Rakstnieki IR. Gadsimta sākuma skatiens [Writers ARE. A Vision at the Start of the Century]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2012.
Mala. Tā rakstīja Fridrihsons [The Edge. Thus Wrote Fridrihsons]. Riga: Dienas Grāmata, 2010.
Pilsoniskā rasa [Civil Dew. Riga]: Dienas Grāmata, 2007.
Brālis: Ojārs Vācietis [Brother: Ojārs Vācietis]. Riga: Pētergailis, 2005.
Sieviete miglā: Līga Purmale [Woman in Mist: Līga Purmale]. Riga: Jumava, 2002.
Tuvplāni: Džemma Skulme [Foreground: Džemma Skulme]. Riga: Jumava, 2000.
Gadsimta beigu skatiens [A Look Back at the Century]. Riga: Pētergailis, 1999.
Pieskārieni: Kurts Fridrihsons [Light Touch: Kurts Fridrihsons]. Riga: Jumava, 1998.

Tatiaana Medvecká reads a short story by the award-winning Latvian writer Gundega Repše // Vltava radio, December 2022 [CZE]

Outstanding Latvian creator - writer Gundega Repšė will present her novel in Vilnius // Lietuvos Respublikos kultūros ministerija, September 2022 [LT]

Portrait in Capital Letters: Gundega Repše // Let tres capitales, July 2022 [FR]

My story is short // Faustkultur, May, 2022 [GER]

Gundega Repše. Sketchbook. Hundred // Žurnals Meitai, November 2021 [LT]

About Substances // Online magazine Satori, 2021 [LV]

Gundega Repše, writer's profile // Investment and Development Agency of Latvia [EN]

Gundega Repše Diary Entry // Fix Poetry, 2020 [DE]

Conversation with Gundega Repše // LA.lv, 2018 [LV]

Gundega Repše, Mēs un Bogene/ We and Bogene // TvNet.lv, 2016 [LV]

Arno Jundze, Patiesība nāk gaismā vienmēr, conversation with Gundega Repše // NRA.lv, 2014 [LV]

Gundega Repše's story included in "Best European Fiction 2012" anthology // The Baltic Course, 2013 [EN]

Best European Fiction 2013, preface by John Banville // Dalkey Archive Press, 2013 [EN]

Interview with Gundega Repše // Diena.lv, 2012 [LV]

Hanna Lager. Review: Repše, Gundega; Tinnet's scream // Feministbiblioteket.se February 2022 [SWE]

Aija Fedorova, Māksla neļauties/ The Art of Not Giving In, review of The Orphanage // Online magazine Satori, 2008 [LV]

Mārtiņš Zelmenis, Izlasāmais/ The Readable, review of The Orphanage // Dienas Grāmata Publishing, 2008 [LV]

Guntis Berelis, Varas trūkums vai pārākums rada vielmaiņas traucējumus, review of The Carriage of Copper from the Heavy Metal trilogy // Critic Guntis Berelis literary blog, 2006 [LV]

Ildze Kronta, Laikazīmju raksti/ Marks of Time, review of the biographical work Brother: Ojārs Vācietis // Jaunā Gaita, 2006 [LV]

2018, Baltic Assambley Prize for her conceptual idea and curatorship of We. Latvia. The 20th Century novel series and Bogene

2014, Silver Ink-pot Award from the International Writers' and Translators' House and City Council of Ventspils for Nice People

2011, the Annual Latvian Literature Award for We. Latvia. The 20th Century novel series idea

2007, Diena Short Story Contest Prize for the story The Story Tram

2001, the Annual Latvian Literature Award for contribution to Latvian prose in 2000

2000, the Annual Latvian Literature Award for Thumbelina

1993, Rainis and Aspazija Foundation Prize