Activities of the LCI
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2022-06-20THE 23RD VILNIUS BOOK FAIR: 700 LINES FOR LIBERTY
Beautiful, young, independent, green, music-loving, book-friendly Vilnius, celebrating its 700th anniversary, and Ukrainian heroes fighting for their priceless freedom . The …
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2022-06-10RESULTS OF THE TRANSLATION GRANT PROGRAMME 2022 (PART I)
Grants allocated to translations of the books: Alvydas Šlepikas’s “Mano vardas – Marytė” | translator Hedera Ceni, publisher “Ombra GVG” …
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2022-06-10From Iceland to Ukraine and Greece: new translations of Lithuanian literature will reach foreign readers
The Lithuanian Culture Institute has allocated almost 70 thousand euros for new translations of Lithuanian literature into foreign languages. As …
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2022-04-16EVENTS CELEBRATING THE CENTENARY OF JONAS MEKAS BEGAN IN GERMANY
Still from Guns of the Trees (1961) On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Johas Mekas, the Sprengel Museum …
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2022-02-28WRITER TOMAS VAISETA NOMINATED FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
On Monday, 28 February, 14 candidates for the European Union Prize for Literature were announced in Brussels. This year, Lithuania …
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2022-02-24EVENTS CELEBRATING JONAS MEKAS’ CENTENARY REACH BRUSSELS’ FLAGEY ART CENTRE
A still from Jonas Mekas’ film Walden (Diaries, Notes and Sketches), (1968) In January and February 2022, Flagey Art Centre …
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2022-01-20Vilnius Book Fair 2022: Image as Text
Since its start in the year of 2000, the International Vilnius Book Fair is the biggest and most important book …
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2021-11-28THE WORLD WILL CELEBRATE THE CENTENARY OF JONAS MEKAS
Lithuanian Culture Institute, together with partners, presents the international programme Jonas Mekas 100! dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Jonas …
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2021-09-15FRENCH PUBLISHERS SEARCHING FOR PEARLS OF LITHUANIAN LITERATURE
On 12-15 September, representatives of French publishing houses Le Bruit du Monde, Aux forges de Vulcain, Editis group, Le Tripode …
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2021-09-04VILNIUS BOOK FAIR INVITES TO MEET AS IT MISSES ITS VISITORS
For the first time, the largest Lithuanian cultural event, Vilnius Book Fair, set up a tent for young readers at …
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2021-07-27From Lithuania to the world: a new cultural magazine titled * as a Journal is launched
The Lithuanian Culture Institute presents a new journal, * as a Journal, for readers around the world interested in culture. …
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2021-05-25New books by Lithuanian authors will reach even the most far-flung countries of the world
The Lithuanian Culture Institute has allocated grants for as many as 36 translations of works by Lithuanian authors into 19 …