| Birth Date: | Riga, Latvia |
| Language: | Latvian |
| Nationality: | Latvian |
| Alma Mater: | University of Latvia |
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| Notableworks: | The Green Crow |
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| Awards: | Raimonds Gerkens Prize (2012) |
Kristīne Ulberga (born 1979) is a Latvian novelist and a winner of the Latvian Literature Annual Award (2013).
Kristīne Ulberga was born in Riga in 1979. She obtained a degree in theology from the University of Latvia.[1]
Ulberga began her writing career with a young adult novel Es grāmatas nelasu (I Don't Read Books) in 2008.[1] It was written in response to her partner's son who did not like to read in order to encourage him to do so.[2]
The debut work received the Jānis Baltvilks Prize. Two more novels in this series appeared that same year: Es grāmatas nelasu 2 and Virtuālais eņģelis (The Virtual Angel).[1] These books were adopted into the Latvian school curriculum, and optioned for film rights.[2]
Published in 2011, Ulberga's Zaļā vārna (The Green Crow) was her first book for adults. It received the Raimonds Gerkens Prize,[1] and the Latvian Literature Annual Award for best prose work.[3] An English translation was published in 2018 by Peter Owen Publishers as part of the Peter Owen World Series: Baltic Season .[4]