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Rita Laima

Rita Laima

Rita Laima is a published writer, translator, and children's book illustrator. Born in the United States to the children of refugees who settled in New Jersey, Laima was raised biculturally, speaking Latvian at home. After studying art at Parsons School of Design in New York City, she traveled to Latvia in 1982 and lived there for 17 years. During that time, she experienced life under Soviet communism, the Soviet Union's efforts to russify her ancestral country, Latvia's National Awakening, and its long-awaited independence from the USSR in 1991. Rita Laima currently lives in the Washington, DC area.

Culture, History, Latvia, News, Travel February 24, 2018 April 12, 2018

Flight: Part II

Latvia’s libraries – citadels of light My book tour commences on November 3 with a kick-off at the stunning National Library called “the Castle…

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Culture, History, Latvia, Literary, News, Travel February 5, 2018 February 5, 2018

Flight: Part I

Was it not already divine grace that we were permitted to remain on this patch of our native land, which we never wished to…

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