Agate Nesaule

Agate Nesaule
Agate Nesaule, from the 1956 yearbook of Shortridge High School
Born(1938-01-23)January 23, 1938
Nītaure, Latvia
DiedJune 29, 2022(2022-06-29) (aged 84)
Madison, Wisconsin
Other namesAgate Nesaule Krouse
OccupationsWriter, college professor
Notable workWoman in Amber (1995)
AwardsAmerican Book Award (1996)

Agate Nesaule (January 23, 1938 – June 29, 2022) was a Latvian-born American writer and professor of English on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. Her 1995 memoir A Woman in Amber won the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation in 1996.