Year and place of birth

1983, Šiauliai (Lithuania)

Education

2006 - graduated from Vilnius University (Lithuanian philology and Italian language).
2005-2006 - studied at the University of Pavia under the Erasmus international exchange programme.
2008 - received a master's degree in cultural studies at the University of Genoa.
2013 - achieved a doctoral degree in foreign languages and comparative studies at the University of Genoa.

Languages

Lithuanian - native
Translates from Lithuanian to Italian and from Italian to Lithuanian

Work activities

Freelance translator. Has lived in Genoa, Italy, since 2006.
Member of the Lithuanian Literary Translators' Union since 2016.
Since 2014, she has been writing articles and translations for the cultural magazine "Literatūra ir menas".
Since 2021, she has been translating for the cultural magazine "Metai".
Since 2021, she has been writing cultural commentary for LRT "Kultūros savaitė".

Worth mentioning

In 2015, she received the Dominykas Urbas Award for her successful debut as a translator – the translation of Igor Argamante's novel "Jerichas 1941 metais. Vilniaus geto istorijos" (Jerichas in 1941: Stories from the Vilnius Ghetto) from Italian.
In 2019, she received the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture Award for journalism.
In 2024, she won the Lithuanian Council for Culture's expert selection competition and is currently working as a cultural expert (in the field of Lithuanian diaspora culture).

Contacts

toma.gudelyte@gmail.com

Translated books

Translations from Lithuanian to Italian:

1. Marius Marcinkevičius, Lina Itagaki, La ragazza con il fucile. Storia di una piccola partigiana (Mergaitė su šautuvu), Lavieri, 2024.
2. Marius Ivaškevičius, Madagascar, (Madagaskaras). Drauge su Stefano Moretti, Titivillus, 2012.
3. Sigitas Parulskis, Tre pièces: P.S. fascicolo O.K.-Solitudine a due-Il traghettatore (Trys pjesės). Drauge su Stefano Moretti, Titivillus, 2015.

Translations from Italian to Lithuanian

1. Primo Levi, Periodinė elementų lentelė, Hubris, 2024.
2.  Aldo Rossi, Miesto architektūra, Lapas, 2024.
3. Italo Calvino, Ponas Palomaras, Rara, 2024.
4. Mario Desiati, Išvykėliai. Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2023.
5. Ilaria Tuti, Uolynų gėlė. Baltos lankos, 2023.
6. Italo Calvino, Kosmikomiksai. Rara, 2022; Metų verstinės knygos finalistų sąraše.
7. Giancarlo Carofiglio, Trečia valanda ryto. Tyto alba, 2022.
8. Italo Calvino, Markovaldas. Rara, 2021.
9. Curzio Malaparte, Oda. Tyto alba, 2021.
10. Lorenzo Amurri, Apnėja. Terra publica, 2020.
11. Umberto Galimberti, Kodėl? 100 filosofijos istorijų smalsiems vaikams. Hubris, 2020.
12. Claudio Rovelli, Laiko tvarka. Tyto alba, 2020.
13. Monica Pelliccia, Adelina Zarlenga, Bičių revoliucija. Dvi Tylos, 2020.
14. David Calì, Laimės pardavėjas. 700 eilučių, 2020.
15. Ascanio Celestini, Karo kvailio istorijos. Aukso žuvys, 2019.
16. Gipi, Vienaistorija. Aukso žuvys, 2019.
17. Claudio Paolucci, Umbertas Eco. Tarp tvarkos ir chaoso. Tyto alba, 2019.
18. Luca Mercalli, Na ir karštis! Dvi Tylos, 2019.
19. Luther Blissett, Q, Aukso žuvys, 2016.
20. Stefano Liberti, Į pietus nuo Lampedūzos. Penkeri metai migracijos keliais. Vaga, 2016.
21. Nadia Terranova. Brunas. Berniukas, kuris išmoko skristi. Mažoji raidė, 2015.
22. Fabio Stassi romanas, Paskutinis Čarlio Čaplino šokis, Vaga, 2014.
23. Igor Argamante, Jerichas 1941 metais. Vilniaus geto istorijos. Aukso žuvys, 2014.

Anthologies or anthologies translated and translated by an interpreter

Publications in periodicals

1. Translations and articles for the theatre magazine Hystrio, Dossier: teatro in Lituania, no. 1, 2014.
2. Translations and articles for a professional magazine on children’s literature Andersen, Dossier Lituania, no. 399, 2023.