Year and place of birth

1st of October, Vilnius Lithuania

Education

- Master of Arts, Finnish Language and Culture; University of Helsinki
- Bachelor’s degree in Philology, Lithuanian Philology and Finnish Language; Vilnius University

Languages

Lithuanian - native
Translates from Lithuanian to Finnish

Work activities

Since 2016, translator of fiction and nonfiction, as well as children’s and YA titles from the Finnish and English into Lithuanian and from the Lithuanian into Finnish. Translating and writing for various cultural magazines in Finland and Lithuania. From 2019 to 2023 worked as a literary agent at Helsinki Literary Agency in Finland. Since 2020, writer and host of the English-language podcast Literature from Finland.

Worth mentioning

IBBY Prize for the Best Translation of YA Book (Surunhauras, lasinterävä by Siiri Enoranta), in 2020.

Contacts

E-mail: urte.liepa@gmail.com

Translated books

1. Ričardas Gavelis, Vilnan Pokeri (Vilniaus pokeris), Helsinki: Siltala, 2022.
2. Kotryna Zylė, Inga Dagilė, Huippuhyvä päivä (Geriausia diena), Helsinki: Hertta Kustannus, 2023.
3. Benas Bėrantas, Vilija Kvieskaitė, Bambu on hiiiiidas, (Bambukas yra lėėėtas), Helsinki: Kvaliti kustannus, 2023.

Anthologies or anthologies translated and translated by an interpreter

Publications in periodicals

Lithuania-themed issue (no 43–44) of the Finnish cultural magazine Särö. Coordination of the issue, translations of works by Ričardas Gavelis, Giedrė Kazlauskaitė and Rimvydas Stankevičius.