Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka
Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka was a Latvian children's books writer, born in Vladimir, Tsarist Russia.
Stāraste-Bordevīka's most popular books are Balti tīri sniega vīri, Ziemassvētku pasakas, Zīļuks, Pasaku ābece and Lācīša Rūcīša raibā diena. Her first book was published in 1942. She co-authored a collection of folksongs in the Livonian language Urū! Rurū!, later published in Latvian as well.
On 7 April 1999, Stāraste-Bordevīka was awarded the title as Commander of the Order of the Three Stars. Stāraste-Bordevīka died on 18 February 2014, 16 days after her 100th birthday.
