Lithuanian Culture Institute
  • Gabija Grušaitė

    Gabija Grušaitė

    Gabija Grušaitė (born 1987) is the most prominent millennial voice in Lithuania. She was raised in Vilnius but left to …

  • Herkus Kunčius

    Herkus Kunčius

    Herkus Kunčius (born 1965) is one of the most prolific Lithuanian writers, publishing a book or a play every year since …

  • Ieva Dumbrytė

    Ieva Dumbrytė

    Ieva Dumbrytė is a debuting author who describes herself as someone who “had dreamt of studying Lithuanian philology but only …

  • Julija Šukys. Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Šimaitė

    Julija Šukys. Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Šimaitė

    HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY Julija Šukys, Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Šimaitė, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2012, 240 pp.    …

  • Juozas Erlickas

    Juozas Erlickas

    Juozas Erlickas (born 1953) received the National Prize in 1997, and legend has it that his reaction to the news …

  • Jurga Tumasonytė

    Jurga Tumasonytė

    Jurga Tumasonytė (born 1988) published her first collection of short stories in 2011 to some acclaim (she won a debuting …

  • Kotryna Zylė

    Kotryna Zylė

    Kotryna Zylė is a writer, illustrator, designer, and author of seven books. She has received multiple awards for her books …

  • Kristina Sabaliauskaitė

    Kristina Sabaliauskaitė

    Kristina Sabaliauskaitė (born 1974) is the most widely read Lithuanian author (sales of her books run to hundreds of thousands …

  • Laimonas Briedis. Vilnius: City of Strangers; Vilnius savas ir svetimas

    Laimonas Briedis. Vilnius: City of Strangers; Vilnius savas ir svetimas

    Laimonas Briedis Vilnius: City of Strangers. Budapest: Central European University Press, 2009, 296 pp.  Laimonas Briedis Vilnius savas ir svetimas, …

  • Laura Sintija  Černiauskaitė

    Laura Sintija  Černiauskaitė

    Laura Sintija  Černiauskaitė (born 1976) is the first Lithuanian to receive the European Union Prize for Literature. Her prose is very …

  • Leonidas Donskis. The  Little Europe: A  Map  of an Aesthet; The  Great  Europe: An Essay on the Soul of Europe

    Leonidas Donskis. The  Little Europe: A  Map  of an Aesthet; The  Great  Europe: An Essay on the Soul of Europe

    ARTS AND LITERATURE Leonidas Donskis, The Little Europe: A  Map  of an Aesthete (Mažoji Europa: Esteto žemėlapis), Vilnius: Versus aureus, 2012, …

  • Mantas Adomėnas

    Mantas Adomėnas

    Mantas Adomėnas is a politician; he earned his master’s degree as a Classicist at Vilnius University and obtained a PhD …