Klavanskaya (née Smolyar) Raisa (12 November 1939, Dnepropetrovsk) — musicologist, poet, prose writer.

In 1965, Raisa Klavanskaya graduated with distinction from the Latvian Conservatoire (supervisor: P. Pechersky). From 1966 to 1987, she taught at the Emīls Melngailis Liepāja Music College. She is the author of articles on music published in the newspaper Kurzemes Vārds.

In 1996, moved to Germany. Her works were published in Russian-language journals in Germany, including Literaturny Evropeets (Frankfurt am Main) and Impuls (Kiel).