Inga Ravna Eira

Inga Ravna Eira (born 30 May 1948) is a Norwegian Northern Sami language poet, children's writer, translator and schoolteacher from Norway.

Eira was born in Karasjok Municipality (Kárášjohka (Northern Sami)), in Finnmark, Norway.

Her first published poetry was included in the anthology Savdnjiluvvon nagir (1989), jointly with Kaia Nilsen and Ellen Marie Vars.

[1] Her poetry collection Ii dát leat dat eana from 2018 has illustrations by Mathis Nango [no], and was nominated to the Nordic Council Literature Prize from the Sami language area in 2019 for her poetry collection entitled Gáhttára Iđit.

[2] Eira has been leader of Sámi girječálliid searvi [se], the Sami writers' union.