Background
Marta Krūmiņa-Vitrupe was born into a peasant family, which has grown four daughters and a son.
Marta Krūmiņa-Vitrupe was born into a peasant family, which has grown four daughters and a son.
She studied at the school in Limbaži, then in Riga was engaged in playing the piano.
In their home in the summer often visited well-known creative people: Eriks Adamsons, Aleksandrs Čaks, Jānis Grots, Aleksandrs Grīns, Jānis Sudrabkalns, Mārtiņš Zīverts. The early years of exile they conducted first in Germany, and in 1950 the family moved to United States in Cleveland. There Marta Krūmiņa-Vitrupe worked in city hospital, and the last years of her life she spent in the New York City.
Such a record 100.0 percent result in the Latvian Chess Championship for women only repeated Dana Reizniece in 1999.
Marta Krūmiņa-Vitrupe left creative heritage – poetry and essays. In her work mainly affected by the topics relevant to her time.
Married with playwright and poet Hugo Teodors Krūmiņš (1901–1990), who was a member of the Latvian community of writers "Green Crow". Marta Krūmiņa-Vitrupe was a member of the Sports Association of Valmiera.