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BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SOVIET MILK HAS DIED
Bestselling Latvian author Nora Ikstena has died aged 56 after a serious illness, her relatives confirmed to Latvian public media. Stella Sabin, Ikstena’s English language editor and Co-Publisher at Peirene Press, said:
We were deeply saddened to hear of Nora Ikstena’s passing. Her novel Soviet Milk is a modern classic – an intimate yet expansive work that has touched readers around the world. It was a privilege to work with Nora, whose insight and generosity shaped every stage of the publishing process. We had already been planning a reissue of Soviet Milk in July 2026 to mark the tenth anniversary of its original publication. It is a great sadness that Nora will not be here to see it, but we are grateful that future readers will continue to discover and engage with this extraordinary work.