Agate Nesaule

Agate Nesaule
Agate Nesaule, from the 1956 yearbook of Shortridge High School
BornJanuary 23, 1938
Nītaure, Latvia
DiedJune 29, 2022
Madison, Wisconsin
Other namesAgate Nesaule Krouse
Occupation(s)Writer, 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.