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Corpus of Latvian Autobiographies

The corpus consists of 74 unpublished autobiographies, life stories, and memoirs in Latvian, written down between 1900 and 2024. Autobiographical materials are preserved in the Autobiography Collection of the Archives of Latvian Folklore at the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia.

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Publication
Reinsone, Sanita, Laksa-Timinska, Ilze, Matulis, Haralds, Žvarte, Elvīra
Archiving Uncertainty: Leveraging Crowdsourcing Methodology in Documenting Personal Experiences of COVID-19
European Journal of Life Writing, 14, LD1-LD34, 2025
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Corpus size 2M words (2.6M tokens)
Data period 1900–2024
Development period 2018–2025
Developers Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art UL, Digital Humanities Center of the University of Latvia
Funding EU Recovery and Resilience Facility project "Language Technology Initiative" (2.3.1.1.i.0/1/22/I/CFLA/002)
Homepage https://garamantas.lv/lv/repository/1115628/Autobiografiju-krajums