Latvian writer
Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka (née Barvika; 2 February 1914[1] – 18 February 2014)[2] was a Latvian children's books writer, born in Vladimir, Tsarist Russia.[3]
Stāraste-Bordevīka's most popular books are Balti tīri sniega vīri (1942), Ziemassvētku pasakas (1943), Zīļuks (1961), Pasaku ābece (1969) and Lācīša Rūcīša raibā diena (1977). Her first book was published in 1942.[4] She co-authored a collection of folksongs in the Livonian language Urū! Rurū! (1994), later published in Latvian as well.[5]
On 7 April 1999, Stāraste-Bordevīka was awarded the title as Commander of the Order of the Three Stars.[6] Stāraste-Bordevīka died on 18 February 2014, 16 days after her 100th birthday.
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